Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2017 17:10:34 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> To: "Ngie Cooper (yaneurabeya)" <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> Cc: Hiroki Sato <hrs@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, ngie@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r314585 - head/usr.sbin/syslogd Message-ID: <201703040110.v241AYnh073650@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <CDE25DB4-CB06-406E-9261-D720F62C5132@gmail.com>
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[ Charset UTF-8 unsupported, converting... ] > > > On Mar 3, 2017, at 15:14, Ngie Cooper (yaneurabeya) <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" -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
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