Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 11:47:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Harris <dannyboy@dannyboy.eyep.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/19267: Spelling and nits, chapter 9 fdp-primer Message-ID: <200006141547.LAA02327@dannyboy.eyep.net>
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>Number: 19267
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: Spelling and nits, chapter 9 fdp-primer
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
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>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Jun 14 08:50:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Daniel Harris
>Release: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE i386
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>Environment:
>Description:
In no significant order:
s/seperate/separate
Add missing verb to the two-spaces-after-periods section.
Correct the URL for Elements of Style.
"Look at the following quote;" becomes "Look at the following:" --
"quote" is informal for "quotation" -- and that just sounds clunky.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- chapter.sgml.orig Wed Jun 14 11:39:17 2000
+++ chapter.sgml Wed Jun 14 11:34:53 2000
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
“Don't use contractions” would be wrong.</para>
<para>Avoiding contractions makes for a more formal tone, is more
- precise, and slightly easier for translators.</para>
+ precise, and is slightly easier for translators.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@
<term>Use the serial comma</term>
<listitem>
- <para>In a list of items within a paragraph, seperate each item from
+ <para>In a list of items within a paragraph, separate each item from
the others with a comma. Seperate the last item from the others with
a comma and the word “and”.</para>
- <para>For example, look at the following quote;</para>
+ <para>For example, look at the following:</para>
<blockquote>
<para>This is a list of one, two and three items.</para>
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
“two”, and “three”, or a list of two items,
“one” and “two and three”?</para>
- <para>It is better to be explicit and include a serial comma;</para>
+ <para>It is better to be explicit and include a serial comma:</para>
<blockquote>
<para>This is a list of one, two, and three items.</para>
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
<application>emacs</application>.</para>
<para>While it may be argued that a capital letter following
- the end of sentence period, this is not the case, especially
+ a period denotes a new sentence, this is not the case, especially
in name usage. <quote>Jordan K. Hubbard</quote> is a good
example; it has a capital <literal>H</literal> following a
period and a space, and there certainly isn't a new sentence
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
</variablelist>
<para>For more information about writing style, see <ulink
- url="http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/strunk/">Elements of
+ url="http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html">Elements of
Style</ulink>, by William Strunk.</para>
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