Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 21:46:41 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Ross Lippert <ripper@eskimo.com> Cc: ac14806t@st.nagaoka-ct.ac.jp, doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Question] A `-h' flag for ls(1) in relnotes (RELENG_4) Message-ID: <20020601184640.GB414@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <200206011636.JAA22996@eskimo.com> References: <20020601162910.GB566@hades.hell.gr> <200206011636.JAA22996@eskimo.com>
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On 2002-06-01 09:36 -0700, Ross Lippert wrote: > >My intuition says that there are two ways to write this: > > three or less > > less than four > Hey if someone can show me documentation that supports this usage, > then I'll stop worrying about it, but for until that happens, I'll > think that fewer is what you should apply to whole numbers and > less only applies to continuous. > > three or fewer > > fewer than four I'll have to dig some English grammar books that have been rusting in bookshelves for ages. See, this is why I love this list... it makes things like these books, that keep aging slowly in my house, to be useful again! Seriously now, I don't know. I'll have to check out a grammar/syntax book to make sure what the 'yours truly & pedantically anal-retentive' way of writing this is ;) - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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