Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 18:34:30 -0500 (EST) From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: ac199@hwcn.org, Sean Kelly <kelly@plutotech.com>, nik@iii.co.uk, doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [REVIEW] Changes to the DocProj web pages Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980326182353.237B-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <19980326235332.07015@welearn.com.au>
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On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Sue Blake wrote:
> > Yes, and other things such as a farely interesting spelling of
> > fairly. "have got commit privs" should probably be just "have
> > commit privs", and "Others haven't got ...": "Others don't
> > have", etc. I'm sure it's possible to find lots of those such
> > things... :-)
>
> Painful as it is for an Aussie, I have to defend the Pommies English here :-)
> It sounds much less stilted with "have got", to my ears.
It's not just that it sounds stilted to my ears, but that it
suggests that those who have commit privilages are part of some
elite group, particularly when read in context. I, we, really
really really want to avoid that.
[re: contractions]
> Sounds fine here. <shrug>
We've avoided contractions in the current handbook/FAQ hoping
that'll make it easier for non-native English readers. They're
confusing because, unlike some languages, English doesn't
formally define legal and illegal contractions (how often've you
created a contraction of your own that you've doubted would've
shown-up save in precious-few dictionaries?).
--
tIM...HOEk
OPTIMIZATION: the process of using many one-letter variables names
hoping that the resultant code will run faster.
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