Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 09:57:37 -0500 From: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/27429: 'dependant' is a misspelling Message-ID: <20010518095737.V26877@casimir.physics.purdue.edu> In-Reply-To: <200105181400.f4IE05S79989@freefall.freebsd.org>; from ru@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, May 18, 2001 at 07:00:05AM -0700 References: <200105181400.f4IE05S79989@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 07:00:05AM -0700, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 09:28:21AM -0400, T. William Wells wrote: > > > > While doing a boot -v, I noticed that 'dependent' was > > misspelled 'dependant'. > > > http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=dependant Yes, it's a correct spelling, however most people only recognize the former spelling ("dependent"). Therefore it should be changed, regardless of what Merriam-Webster says. -- wca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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