Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 09:53:08 -0600 From: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> To: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r320146 - head/sys/fs/ext2fs Message-ID: <1497973988.81013.78.camel@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <10f2e743-7b55-4a8d-1479-b5b3de9b4fe2@FreeBSD.org> References: <201706201435.v5KEZJdr075723@repo.freebsd.org> <10f2e743-7b55-4a8d-1479-b5b3de9b4fe2@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, 2017-06-20 at 10:48 -0500, Pedro Giffuni wrote: > ... > > On 20/06/2017 09:35, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > > > > Author: pfg > > Date: Tue Jun 20 14:35:19 2017 > > New Revision: 320146 > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/320146 > > > > Log: > > Improve grammar concerning "metadata". > > > > Remove unnecessary space while here. > > > > Modified: > > head/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2fs.h > > > > Modified: head/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2fs.h > > =================================================================== > > =========== > > --- head/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2fs.h Tue Jun 20 14:28:51 2017 > > (r320145) > > +++ head/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2fs.h Tue Jun 20 14:35:19 2017 > > (r320146) > > @@ -316,9 +316,8 @@ struct ext2_gd { > > uint16_t ext4bgd_csum; /* group descriptor > > checksum */ > > }; > > > > - > > -/* EXT2FS metadatas are stored in little-endian byte order. These > > macros > > - * helps reading these metadatas > > +/* EXT2FS metadata is stored in little-endian byte order. These > > macros > > + * helps reading them. > > */ > > > For the record: "metadata" is tricky as it can be addressed to > either > plural or singular, what is wrong the use of "metadatas". > > Pedro. > Metadata can be treated as if singular or plural for purposes of making an associated verb match in number. That's a different issue from the fact that "metadatas" just isn't a word at all. Speaking of making subject and verb match in number, the verb in the 3rd sentence needs to be "help". -- Ian
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