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Date:      Fri, 31 May 2002 19:14:57 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>
Cc:        Archie Cobbs <archie@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/stdio fgets.3
Message-ID:  <20020531161457.GA81288@sunbay.com>
In-Reply-To: <200205311533.g4VFXQX00935@arch20m.dellroad.org>
References:  <20020531061908.GD6953@sunbay.com> <200205311533.g4VFXQX00935@arch20m.dellroad.org>

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On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 08:33:26AM -0700, Archie Cobbs wrote:
> Ruslan Ermilov writes:
> > >   Log:
> > >   Grammar fix: "contents" is plural.
> > >=20
> > I think both are acceptable, "contents" is only _usually_ in the
> > plural context, according to www.m-w.com.  More of "contents is":
> >=20
> > gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1:files are listed, otherwise the entire table of c=
ontents is listed.
> > lib/libc/stdtime/strftime.3:Otherwise, zero is returned and the buffer =
contents is indeterminate.
> > share/man/man8/picobsd.8:whose contents is generally very short and sui=
table for this
>=20
> OK.. it just looked funny to me :-)
>=20
> Do you think we should bother changing the others? Since you are more
> of an mdoc expert than me I'll leave that up to you.
>=20
No thanks, I'm not the native speaker to decide.  :-)


Cheers,
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