Date: 22 Jan 2002 13:50:01 -0000 From: Jay Edwards <jayed@mindspring.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/34166: [patch] FAQ uses informal "How come..." instead of "Why..." Message-ID: <20020122135001.4924.qmail@jayed.com>
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>Number: 34166
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [patch] FAQ uses informal "How come..." instead of "Why..."
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Jan 22 05:50:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Jay Edwards
>Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD bigjay.jayed.com 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #0: Fri Jan 4 20:38:29 CST 2002 jayed@bigjay.jayed.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BIGJAY i386
>Description:
A number of questions in the FAQ start with "How come..." instead of the more formal "Why..." Two of the "How come" sentences also used "not seem to be working" instead of "not working". I submit that anyone specifically looking for those two questions would classify their problem as "not working". No contractions were used in the making of this patch.
>How-To-Repeat:
Read FAQ.
>Fix:
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Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
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RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.365
diff -c -r1.365 book.sgml
*** en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml 2002/01/22 11:14:58 1.365
--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml 2002/01/22 13:39:29
***************
*** 3290,3296 ****
<qandaentry>
<question id="internal-plugnplay-modem">
! <para>How come FreeBSD cannot find my internal Plug & Play
modem?</para>
</question>
--- 3290,3296 ----
<qandaentry>
<question id="internal-plugnplay-modem">
! <para>Why is FreeBSD not finding my internal Plug & Play
modem?</para>
</question>
***************
*** 3523,3529 ****
<qandaentry>
<question id="bustek742a-eisa-scsi">
! <para>How come FreeBSD does not recognize my Bustek 742a EISA
SCSI controller?</para>
</question>
--- 3523,3529 ----
<qandaentry>
<question id="bustek742a-eisa-scsi">
! <para>Why does FreeBSD not recognize my Bustek 742a EISA
SCSI controller?</para>
</question>
***************
*** 3570,3576 ****
<qandaentry>
<question id="hpnetserver-scsi-failure">
! <para>How come FreeBSD does not detect my HP Netserver's SCSI
controller?</para>
</question>
--- 3570,3576 ----
<qandaentry>
<question id="hpnetserver-scsi-failure">
! <para>Why does FreeBSD not detect my HP Netserver's SCSI
controller?</para>
</question>
***************
*** 3994,4000 ****
<qandaentry>
<question id="reallybigram">
! <para>How come FreeBSD uses only 64 MB of RAM when my system has
128 MB of RAM installed?</para>
</question>
--- 3994,4000 ----
<qandaentry>
<question id="reallybigram">
! <para>Why does FreeBSD only use 64 MB of RAM when my system has
128 MB of RAM installed?</para>
</question>
***************
*** 6849,6855 ****
<qandaentry>
<question id="user-quotas">
! <para>How come I cannot get user quotas to work properly?</para>
</question>
<answer>
--- 6849,6855 ----
<qandaentry>
<question id="user-quotas">
! <para>Why can I not get user quotas to work properly?</para>
</question>
<answer>
***************
*** 7364,7370 ****
<qandaentry>
<question id="create-snd0">
! <para>How come I cannot create the snd0 device?</para>
</question>
<answer>
--- 7364,7370 ----
<qandaentry>
<question id="create-snd0">
! <para>Why can I not create the snd0 device?</para>
</question>
<answer>
***************
*** 8458,8465 ****
<qandaentry>
<question id="ps2-mousesystems">
! <para>How come my PS/2 mouse from MouseSystems does not seem
! to work?</para>
</question>
<answer>
--- 8458,8465 ----
<qandaentry>
<question id="ps2-mousesystems">
! <para>Why does my PS/2 mouse from MouseSystems not
! work?</para>
</question>
<answer>
***************
*** 8951,8957 ****
<qandaentry>
<question id="create-dev-net">
! <para>How come I cannot create a <devicename>/dev/ed0</devicename>
device?</para>
</question>
--- 8951,8957 ----
<qandaentry>
<question id="create-dev-net">
! <para>Why can I not create a <devicename>/dev/ed0</devicename>
device?</para>
</question>
***************
*** 10203,10209 ****
<qandaentry>
<question id="ppp-nullmodem">
! <para>How come &man.ppp.8; over a null-modem cable never exits?</para>
</question>
<answer>
--- 10203,10209 ----
<qandaentry>
<question id="ppp-nullmodem">
! <para>Why does &man.ppp.8; over a null-modem cable never exit?</para>
</question>
<answer>
***************
*** 11230,11237 ****
<qandaentry>
<question id="gt-failure">
! <para>How come the <literal><@></literal> sign for the pn
! capability does not work?</para></question><answer>
<para>The <literal><@></literal> sign in the phone number
capability tells tip to look in
--- 11230,11237 ----
<qandaentry>
<question id="gt-failure">
! <para>Why does the <literal><@></literal> sign for the pn
! capability not work?</para></question><answer>
<para>The <literal><@></literal> sign in the phone number
capability tells tip to look in
***************
*** 11453,11459 ****
<qandaentry>
<question id="cannot-find-serial">
! <para>How come FreeBSD cannot seem to find my serial ports, even
when the settings are correct?</para>
</question>
--- 11453,11459 ----
<qandaentry>
<question id="cannot-find-serial">
! <para>Why does FreeBSD not find my serial ports, even
when the settings are correct?</para>
</question>
***************
*** 12471,12478 ****
<qandaentry>
<question id="bus-speed-defaulted">
! <para>How come when my system boots, it says <quote>(bus speed
! defaulted)</quote>?</para>
</question>
<answer>
--- 12471,12478 ----
<qandaentry>
<question id="bus-speed-defaulted">
! <para>Why does my system say <quote>(bus speed
! defaulted)</quote> when it boots?</para>
</question>
<answer>
--- howcome.diff ends here ---
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