From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Jun 1 15:38:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BD3937B406 for ; Sat, 1 Jun 2002 15:38:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-a173.otenet.gr [212.205.215.173]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g51Mc2iG025105; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 01:38:03 +0300 (EEST) Received: from hades.hell.gr (hades [127.0.0.1]) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g51MbM4T001479; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 01:37:52 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g51Ikgit000496; Sat, 1 Jun 2002 21:46:42 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 21:46:41 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Ross Lippert Cc: ac14806t@st.nagaoka-ct.ac.jp, doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Question] A `-h' flag for ls(1) in relnotes (RELENG_4) Message-ID: <20020601184640.GB414@hades.hell.gr> References: <20020601162910.GB566@hades.hell.gr> <200206011636.JAA22996@eskimo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200206011636.JAA22996@eskimo.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 2002-06-01 09:36 -0700, Ross Lippert wrote: > >My intuition says that there are two ways to write this: > > three or less > > less than four > Hey if someone can show me documentation that supports this usage, > then I'll stop worrying about it, but for until that happens, I'll > think that fewer is what you should apply to whole numbers and > less only applies to continuous. > > three or fewer > > fewer than four I'll have to dig some English grammar books that have been rusting in bookshelves for ages. See, this is why I love this list... it makes things like these books, that keep aging slowly in my house, to be useful again! Seriously now, I don't know. I'll have to check out a grammar/syntax book to make sure what the 'yours truly & pedantically anal-retentive' way of writing this is ;) - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message