From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Jun 14 8:50: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B62A637C3A3 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:50:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id IAA84428; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:50:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from dannyboy.eyep.net (adsl-207-68-91-76.ba-dsg.net [207.68.91.76]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90E4E37C35A for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:47:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dannyboy@dannyboy.eyep.net) Received: (from dannyboy@localhost) by dannyboy.eyep.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA02327; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 11:47:39 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from dannyboy) Message-Id: <200006141547.LAA02327@dannyboy.eyep.net> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 11:47:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Harris Reply-To: dannyboy@subdimension.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: docs/19267: Spelling and nits, chapter 9 fdp-primer Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 19267 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Spelling and nits, chapter 9 fdp-primer >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: Wed Jun 14 08:50:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Daniel Harris >Release: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE i386 >Organization: >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. Avoiding contractions makes for a more formal tone, is more - precise, and slightly easier for translators. + precise, and is slightly easier for translators. @@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ Use the serial comma - In a list of items within a paragraph, seperate each item from + 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”. - For example, look at the following quote; + For example, look at the following:
This is a list of one, two and three items. @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ “two”, and “three”, or a list of two items, “one” and “two and three”? - It is better to be explicit and include a serial comma; + It is better to be explicit and include a serial comma:
This is a list of one, two, and three items. @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ emacs. 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. Jordan K. Hubbard is a good example; it has a capital H following a period and a space, and there certainly isn't a new sentence @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ For more information about writing style, see Elements of + url="http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html">Elements of Style, by William Strunk. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message