Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:42:47 +0100 From: Moin Rahman <bofh@freebsd.org> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Cc: doc-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-doc-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 71f0bf9790 - main - .vale/styles: Merge spelling-exceptions Message-ID: <CB7D360A-3C29-4A9F-A778-F69480B27F89@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <E56951C1-D9E4-4E96-BF8F-A47844D87A07@submonkey.net> References: <CF7222A4-0C15-4902-82BA-05AF5E8960C7@freebsd.org> <E56951C1-D9E4-4E96-BF8F-A47844D87A07@submonkey.net>
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--Apple-Mail=_11D74E37-72F2-417E-8BBE-1CABFBCB9464 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On Dec 23, 2023, at 7:23 PM, Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> wrote: >=20 >=20 >=20 >> On 23 Dec 2023, at 11:33, Moin Rahman <bofh@freebsd.org> wrote: >>=20 >>=20 >>>> On Dec 23, 2023, at 12:07 PM, Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> = wrote: >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>> On 22 Dec 2023, at 14:59, Muhammad Moinur Rahman = <bofh@freebsd.org> wrote: >>>>=20 >>>> +descendents >>>=20 >>> Although I have not checked for the context in which it is used, = this word is almost certainly misspelled as =E2=80=9Cdescendent=E2=80=9D = is an adjective. The noun =E2=80=9Cdescendants=E2=80=9D is most likely = the intended use. >> No it's not. The actual word is descendant which can be used as both = Noun and Adjective and descendents is the plural of that. >=20 > That is not correct. Pluralising a noun by adding an =E2=80=9Cs=E2=80=9D= does not frequently - or ever, as far as I can think - change the = spelling of the rest of a word. >=20 > =E2=80=9CDescendent=E2=80=9D, as I said, is an adjective and the = plural of =E2=80=9Cdescendant=E2=80=9D is =E2=80=9Cdescendants=E2=80=9D. At the moment I am not in the state to fight over a word. If you think = the word is wrong please find the origin in the doc tree and submit a = review or commit it. >=20 >>> I am also struggling to ascertain anything in the way of a style = guide for vale files. Sometimes words with two letters in common are = collapsed into a single expression, and sometimes they are not. Is = there a style guide? >> I try to concise this file as much as possible. If you mean writing = style files check https://vale.sh and if you mean what rules are used in = the FreeBSD repo check the FDP Primer = https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D275224. >>=20 >> All the style resides in = https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/fdp-primer/writing-style/#writing-style-= linting-vale >=20 > I mean the style guide for the vale file itself. There is nothing = like that at the link above, so I conclude there is none. Could there be = please? = https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/fdp-primer/writing-style/#writing-style-= linting-vale Not sure why my paste was wrong and pointed to a bug report. Kind regards, Moin > Ceri --Apple-Mail=_11D74E37-72F2-417E-8BBE-1CABFBCB9464 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQKTBAEBCgB9FiEETfdREoUGjQZKBS+fvbm1phfAvJEFAmWHKidfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldDRE Rjc1MTEyODUwNjhEMDY0QTA1MkY5RkJEQjlCNUE2MTdDMEJDOTEACgkQvbm1phfA vJHBqg//e3MzJt7oXd+Fls9bF8GXfKaZGgTz3eqqyHZuiCoGz2OvYFUQDVp2UktD UVNInl+cHcKfwgX7eOfCY85UvfVrtkOMjmwNCVLnl+zPoqTX/D4YC3aNBNjFNY/m 4LUm1MMQ+cnetNprEpFvAeTpmwT6p2+Zxsm/VxuRpbY0HHNBo1zKEwGHaecSlaZM pew0goiKmbMBSI3h2UQm6JBBBKWr8AKOREFSH/0HGrqg+mS4GxIUqiHoooMBj1Gp xTOSQodn5wnLH0aFOfWLgNv7isW+7IpkqZGVFKucJo2DHsG/I5DwLcUcG7kDEcIS F2PMviZUFpYRIKiZ4Kn0lZIrbQUkYs4oZPODlcbgqfHsbsYMPMEFQ6Rg7tzQi99L o4UypPnFU3M5O5qAABwsMHQIWZmRaSmPjUzcfRZMY8JFLcnpoeNifUu2pKOjmtvN 97wM2q5Isfhyw6HAY5AFKXoOSnyiIIsYpHq0kcHYUHr5KjdTLGMSvj9OMNnQUKlz EXP91Nkz3mrA0q1B24lNak6uE/03TqlUb9CXaAdzMtNx7eWUHUtm7iS9PKSaAzMi i2LejitrT/wwmiV9zo3A5gl/7RmgZM2Rxed+yb3f2tkQWjsMcX6HzwPGOHCKYA8V kylFuwtFhWt7zF7GrdYSTST6ru8KXm/jjT/X+cEMC/MLPds5aqM= =XtE2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_11D74E37-72F2-417E-8BBE-1CABFBCB9464--
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