From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 25 19:42:28 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03D7F16A41F for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:42:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (vc4-2-0-87.dsl.netrack.net [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79A8C43D45 for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:42:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1] (may be forged)) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j9PJaOVg012817; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:36:27 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:36:20 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20051025.133620.61267293.imp@bsdimp.com> To: maxim@macomnet.ru From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <20051024125348.L97845@mp2.macomnet.net> References: <20051024120821.B67591@mp2.macomnet.net> <20051024083432.GH39882@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> <20051024125348.L97845@mp2.macomnet.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 3.3 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (harmony.bsdimp.com [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:36:28 -0600 (MDT) Cc: PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au, jisakiel@yahoo.es, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Small typo in /usr/share/examples/make.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:42:28 -0000 In message: <20051024125348.L97845@mp2.macomnet.net> Maxim Konovalov writes: : On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, 18:34+1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: : : > On Mon, 2005-Oct-24 12:11:21 +0400, Maxim Konovalov wrote: : > >On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, 09:58+0200, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: : > >> -# Sets the default ruleset of dir to ruleset. The ruleset arguement : > >> +# Sets the default ruleset of dir to ruleset. The ruleset argument : > >> # must be a ruleset name as specified in devfs.rules(5) file. : > >> # Returns non-zero if it could not set it successfully. : > >> # : > > : > >Being non-native speaker I am not sure this is a error. There are : > >about a dozen "arguement"s in our src tree and google gives 2.8 : > >millions. : > : > Being a native speaker, I can guarantee that "argument" is the correct : > spelling. My Concise Macquarie (Australian) dictionary doesn't even : > list "arguement" as a valid alternate spelling. Don't rely on google : > for accurate spelling. : : OK, fixed. Thanks! Since I wrote it originally, and am a native speaker, the following fact should shed some light on the discussion. I can't spell my way out of a paper bag sometimes. Warner