Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 03:42:18 -0800 From: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@zer0.org> To: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/16854: Typos from Chapter 4 of FreeBSD Handbook Message-ID: <20000221034218.A12396@azazel.zer0.org> In-Reply-To: <200002210750.XAA92147@freefall.freebsd.org>; from andrews@technologist.com on Sun, Feb 20, 2000 at 11:50:02PM -0800 References: <200002210750.XAA92147@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On 2000-02-20 23:50 -0800, Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> wrote: > The following reply was made to PR docs/16854; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> > To: bobj@atlantic.net > Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: docs/16854: Typos from Chapter 4 of FreeBSD Handbook > Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 02:40:27 -0500 > > On Sun, Feb 20, 2000 at 09:14:36PM -0800, bobj@atlantic.net wrote: > > > Section 4.4.16. Do's and Dont's > > > > "Here is a list of common do's and dont's that you encounter > > during the porting process." As mentioned in a previous > > typos submission, "Do's and Dont's" is not spelled correctly. > > It should be "Dos and Don'ts", but you have to play games > > with fonts for it to make sense. > > I think it depends on your point of view. Personally I prefer "Do's and > Don'ts".. Actually, Bob is correct on both "dos" and "don'ts" here. They are both plural, rather than possessive; the apostrophe in the contraction "don'ts" is in place of the second "o" in "do not". That said, "dos and dont's" is a clumsy phrase to use in writing, and should probably be reworded. Greg -- Gregory S. Sutter The best way to accelerate Windows mailto:gsutter@zer0.org is at 9.8 m/s^2. http://www.zer0.org/~gsutter/ PGP DSS public key 0x40AE3052 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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