From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 8 21:30:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C119016B6FC; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 18:36:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from db@db.net) Received: from heceta.db.net (heceta.db.net [142.46.199.182]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CE1943D48; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 18:36:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from db@db.net) Received: from heceta.db.net ([142.46.199.182] helo=localhost ident=mailnull) by heceta.db.net with esmtp (Exim 4.60 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1FoPMk-0006Gu-RB; Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:36:22 -0400 Received: from localhost.dbn ([127.0.0.1] helo=night.db.net) by night.db.net with esmtp (Exim 4.62 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1FoPMj-0005eu-Qx; Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:36:21 -0400 Received: (from db@localhost) by night.db.net (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k58Ia2L4021755; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 14:36:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from db@night.db.net) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 14:36:02 -0400 From: Diane Bruce To: Andrea Campi Message-ID: <20060608183602.GA21662@night.db.net> References: <200606050830.12584.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060605155221.3ECBB45093@ptavv.es.net> <20060605183019.GF19766@webcom.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060605183019.GF19766@webcom.it> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 22:33:24 +0000 Cc: Maxim Konovalov , Alexey Dokuchaev , src-committers@freebsd.org, John Baldwin , Bruce Evans , Kevin Oberman , cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Greg 'groggy' Lehey , Ceri Davies Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/ufs/ufs ufs_vnops.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:30:47 -0000 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