Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 13:34:34 +0530 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Chris Costello <chris@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man5 sysctl.conf.5 Message-ID: <20000116133434.K3413@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200001160515.VAA88306@freefall.freebsd.org>; from chris@FreeBSD.org on Sat, Jan 15, 2000 at 09:15:49PM -0800 References: <200001160515.VAA88306@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Saturday, 15 January 2000 at 21:15:49 -0800, Chris Costello wrote: > chris 2000/01/15 21:15:49 PST > > Modified files: > share/man/man5 sysctl.conf.5 > Log: > Replace a conjunction "you're" with "you are". This makes > reading by non-native English speakers a little bit easier, Do you have any evidence? I suspect this is an impression that native English speakers have about the language. In fact, I believe most non-native speakers spend some time learning some contractions and may be confused in some cases if they're omitted (though probably not in this case). Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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