Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 09:45:29 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/ld ld.1 ld.1aout src/gnu/usr.bin/tar tar.1 src/lib/libc/gen fmtcheck.3 src/lib/libc/sys acct.2 src/sbin/growfs growfs.8 src/sbin/init init.8 src/sbin/natd natd.8 Message-ID: <20020814064529.GA79574@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0208131257520.17577-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> References: <20020813194813.GB36804@sunbay.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0208131257520.17577-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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--3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 12:58:28PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: >=20 > > > What is wrong with 'can not'? > > >=20 > > Nothing wrong, just because "can" has an explicit negative form > > and due to an existing ratio (we had about 450 cannot's vs. 7 > > can not's) I thought it would be a good idea to be consistent. >=20 > "can't" saves a byte :-b >=20 We avoid (do not) use contractions in manpages. Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9WfyJUkv4P6juNwoRAtebAKCH/wCFFdv/Vce2ltS9FpPe1ROdDwCdGPUX c0JU6oh8sz61M/0Ct6WMqyk= =Yo0B -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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