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Date:      Wed, 15 May 2002 15:35:48 +1000
From:      Joshua Goodall <joshua@roughtrade.net>
To:        parv <parv@pair.com>
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: conf/38096: Typos in /etc/make.conf
Message-ID:  <20020515053548.GD17115@roughtrade.net>
In-Reply-To: <200205150520.g4F5K3e52268@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <200205150520.g4F5K3e52268@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 10:20:03PM -0700, parv wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR conf/38096; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: parv <parv@pair.com>
> To: Chris Pepper <pepper@rockefeller.edu>
> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
> Subject: Re: conf/38096: Typos in /etc/make.conf
> Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 01:16:27 -0400
> 
>  in message <200205150359.g4F3xk9k058732@www.freebsd.org>,
>  wrote Chris Pepper thusly...
>  >
>  > 
>  > >Number:         38096
>  > >Category:       conf
>  > >Synopsis:       Typos in /etc/make.conf
>  ...
>  > >Fix:
>  > -# still mount the server's '/' (i.e. rather then load the server's kernel).
>  > +# still mount the server's '/' (i.e., rather than load the server's kernel).
>  
>  a comma doesn't come after "i.e." ...  does it?

i.e. == "id est" meaning "that is to say". A comma should not follow unless part of
list of introductory statements.

Joshua

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