From owner-svn-src-stable@freebsd.org Thu May 18 17:09:20 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3472AD732BA; Thu, 18 May 2017 17:09:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adamw@adamw.org) Received: from apnoea.adamw.org (apnoea.adamw.org [104.225.5.94]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "apnoea.adamw.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7813969E; Thu, 18 May 2017 17:09:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adamw@adamw.org) Received: by apnoea.adamw.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id daae5adb TLS version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO; Thu, 18 May 2017 11:09:17 -0600 (MDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.3 \(3273\)) Subject: Re: svn commit: r318468 - in stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1: hardware readme From: Adam Weinberger In-Reply-To: <1495126382.93532.17.camel@freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 11:09:15 -0600 Cc: Glen Barber , svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-11@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <201705181624.v4IGOBPb013236@repo.freebsd.org> <83CC5C29-230F-4033-B2A6-90E81D403A79@adamw.org> <1495126382.93532.17.camel@freebsd.org> To: Ian Lepore X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3273) X-BeenThere: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for all the -stable branches of the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 17:09:20 -0000 > On 18 May, 2017, at 10:53, Ian Lepore wrote: >=20 > On Thu, 2017-05-18 at 10:43 -0600, Adam Weinberger wrote: >>>=20 >>> On 18 May, 2017, at 10:24, Glen Barber wrote: >>>=20 >>> Author: gjb >>> Date: Thu May 18 16:24:11 2017 >>> New Revision: 318468 >>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/318468 >>>=20 >>> Log: >>> Fix grammar nits. >>>=20 >>> Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation >>>=20 >>> Modified: >>> stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.xml >>> stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.xml >>>=20 >>> Modified: stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859- >>> 1/hardware/article.xml >>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >>> --- stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.xml=09 >>> Thu May 18 16:24:10 2017 (r318467) >>> +++ stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.xml=09 >>> Thu May 18 16:24:11 2017 (r318468) >>> @@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ >>> >>>=20 >>> The following Sun &ultrasparc; systems are not tested >>> but >>> - believed to be also supported by &os;: >>> + believed to also be supported by &os;: >> As long as we're picking grammar nits, you've split an infinitive >> there. I think you want "believed also to be supported" or "believed >> to be supported by &os; as well:". >>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> >>> >>> @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ >>> >>>=20 >>> The following Fujitsu &primepower; systems are not >>> tested >>> - but believed to be also supported by &os;: >>> + but believed to also be supported by &os;: >> Same here. >>=20 >> # Adam >=20 > There is no rule of grammar forbidding split infinitives, and the = style > opinion which disfavored them for many years is itself no longer in > favor. Like the old "don't end a sentence with a preposition" this is > just a thing many of us learned in school that turned out to be > widespread prejudice, not an actual rule of grammar. I did not know that! If Mr. Gould's 6th grade English class was a lie, I = just don't know who to trust in this world anymore. # Adam --=20 Adam Weinberger adamw@adamw.org https://www.adamw.org