Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:10:22 +0000 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Rob Farmer <rfarmer@predatorlabs.net> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Bruce Cran <brucec@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r219096 - in head: lib/libc/yp lib/libelf share/man/man7 sys/boot/i386/cdboot sys/boot/pc98/cdboot usr.bin/checknr Message-ID: <1298974222.2888.13.camel@core.nessbank> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTiktZ-hdH=u4sHZ4RevCix2SASYPmGSRZa5PFxgf@mail.gmail.com> References: <201102281003.p1SA3mfl032937@svn.freebsd.org> <AANLkTiktZ-hdH=u4sHZ4RevCix2SASYPmGSRZa5PFxgf@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 19:07 -0800, Rob Farmer wrote: > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 2:03 AM, Bruce Cran <brucec@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Author: brucec > > Date: Mon Feb 28 10:03:48 2011 > > New Revision: 219096 > > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/219096 > > > > Log: > > Revert some of r177626. "in in" is valid in certain sentences. > > I disagree. "in in" (or any doubled word) looks awkward in print and > should be avoided. Even if its grammatically correct, its a style > problem because the reader has to do a double take and starts to > wonder about the quality of the writing. With the exception of the > security manpage, where "break in originally" or similar would work, > these are all unnecessary verbosity and should be cut. So you actually agree with me that it's valid grammatically :) I'll commit the changes you suggested. -- Bruce Cran
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