From owner-svn-src-head@freebsd.org Sat Mar 4 02:23:19 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A99D1CF8BF8 for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2017 02:23:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ian@freebsd.org) Received: from outbound1b.ore.mailhop.org (outbound1b.ore.mailhop.org [54.200.247.200]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8BD7913B7 for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2017 02:23:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ian@freebsd.org) X-MHO-User: 94b8b753-0081-11e7-ba57-8bc134ee460a X-Report-Abuse-To: https://support.duocircle.com/support/solutions/articles/5000540958-duocircle-standard-smtp-abuse-information X-Originating-IP: 73.78.92.27 X-Mail-Handler: DuoCircle Outbound SMTP Received: from ilsoft.org (unknown [73.78.92.27]) by outbound1.ore.mailhop.org (Halon) with ESMTPSA id 94b8b753-0081-11e7-ba57-8bc134ee460a; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 02:23:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rev (rev [172.22.42.240]) by ilsoft.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v242NB8s002447; Fri, 3 Mar 2017 19:23:11 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from ian@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <1488594191.69705.13.camel@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r314585 - head/usr.sbin/syslogd From: Ian Lepore To: "Rodney W. Grimes" , "Ngie Cooper (yaneurabeya)" Cc: Hiroki Sato , svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers , ngie@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2017 19:23:11 -0700 In-Reply-To: <201703040110.v241AYnh073650@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> References: <201703040110.v241AYnh073650@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.18.5.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2017 02:23:19 -0000 On Fri, 2017-03-03 at 17:10 -0800, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > [ Charset UTF-8 unsupported, converting... ] > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 3, 2017, at 15:14, Ngie Cooper (yaneurabeya) > > gmail.com> wrote: > > ? > > > > > > > > Actually, accepts is better. Although it isn?t clear by itself, > > > the sentence fragment is describing the -a option, which is > > > singular, not plural. Here?s the sentence in full context: > > > > > >                                             source packet must > > > belong to.  A > > >                                             service of `*' > > > accepts UDP > > >                                             packets from any > > > source port. > > Correction: it?s describing `service`, which is still singular. > > -Ngie > Tongue in cheek:  Now my head hurts!!!   I let this stir around in my > grey > space for a minute and went wait, adding (s) to accept does not make > it > plurar.  This is one of those really screwed up situations that is > just > a mess.  So I had to google.  AmE would like us to use just accept in > this specific case.  BrE would rather see accepts.  It has to do with > some thing they call present subjunctive.  If you want to make your > head hurt too google up "accept or accepts" > The verb (accepts) in this case does not occur in a subjunctive clause, the sentence is a simple indicative statement, so any rules about how to conjugate the verb for a subjunctive don't apply here.  -- Ian