From owner-cvs-all Mon Dec 31 17:17:12 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from monorchid.lemis.com (monorchid.lemis.com [192.109.197.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E77437B420; Mon, 31 Dec 2001 17:17:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by monorchid.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 5EC76782CE; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 11:47:04 +1030 (CST) Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 11:47:04 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Bruce Evans Cc: Bruce Evans , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_bus.c Message-ID: <20020101114704.D6981@monorchid.lemis.com> References: <20011230100519.L90696@monorchid.lemis.com> <20011231234013.C6459-100000@gamplex.bde.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011231234013.C6459-100000@gamplex.bde.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B 7B C3 8C 61 CD 54 AF 13 24 52 F8 6D A4 95 EF Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Monday, 31 December 2001 at 23:43:03 +1100, Bruce Evans wrote: > On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> On Friday, 28 December 2001 at 10:32:13 -0800, Bruce Evans wrote: >>> Fixed an apparent typo ("-" before ":") and an English error (comma >>> splice) in the "already exists" message. >> >> Specifically, >> >> - printf("%s-: %s%d already exists, skipping it\n", >> + printf("%s: %s%d already exists; skipping it\n", >> >> This looks funny to me. What's the basis for the semicolon? I've >> checked the Commonwealth Style Manual and the Chicago Manual of Style >> and can't find any basis in either book. > > Do a google search for "comma splice chicago". Your search - "comma splice chicago" - did not match any documents. I searched for the words individually and got the usual mess: 5. The Chicago Bulls picked Croatian player Toni Kukoc in the 1990 NBA draft. a), correct sentence. b), comma splice Examples: Comma Splice: I have two sisters living in Chicago, they are both married. Chicago Manual Style Guide -CMS citing ... tips & strategies; Curing the Comma Splice -what is it? I picked on one of these at random, but it was an encrypted file, so I couldn't read it. I can't see anything indicating that it's mentioned in the Chicago Manual of Style. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message