Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 14:36:02 -0400 From: Diane Bruce <db@db.net> To: Andrea Campi <andrea+freebsd_cvs_all@webcom.it> Cc: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@freebsd.org>, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>, cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org>, Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/ufs/ufs ufs_vnops.c Message-ID: <20060608183602.GA21662@night.db.net> In-Reply-To: <20060605183019.GF19766@webcom.it> References: <200606050830.12584.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060605155221.3ECBB45093@ptavv.es.net> <20060605183019.GF19766@webcom.it>
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On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 06:30:19PM +0000, Andrea Campi wrote: > On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 08:52:21AM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > > > Shouldn't that be "Which colour?" or even "Which color?" *duck* > > > > > > > > I don't think so. Why should it? > > > > > > Somewhere in my brain there's this notion that if one is choosing amongst a > > > set of items one should use 'which' rather than 'what', e.g. 'which floor' in > > > an elevator rather than 'what floor'. > > > > Would someone with a copy of "Elements of Style" look this up and paint > > the damned shed! > > My copy of "Practical English Usage" (great book, BTW) says: > > Which and what are often both possible, with little difference of > meaning. Which is preferred when the speaker has a limited number of > choices in mind. When the speaker is not thinking of a limited number > of choices, what is used. Don't buy the "Elements of style", it is horrible. http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001803.html - Diane -- - db@db.net http://www.db.net/~db
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