From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri May 18 7:57:58 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from casimir.physics.purdue.edu (casimir.physics.purdue.edu [128.210.146.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F23DE37B423; Fri, 18 May 2001 07:57:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from will@physics.purdue.edu) Received: by casimir.physics.purdue.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7A73C18A47; Fri, 18 May 2001 09:57:37 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 09:57:37 -0500 From: Will Andrews To: Ruslan Ermilov Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/27429: 'dependant' is a misspelling Message-ID: <20010518095737.V26877@casimir.physics.purdue.edu> Reply-To: Will Andrews References: <200105181400.f4IE05S79989@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <200105181400.f4IE05S79989@freefall.freebsd.org>; from ru@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, May 18, 2001 at 07:00:05AM -0700 X-Operating-System: Linux 2.2.18 sparc64 Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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