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Date:      Tue, 17 May 2016 08:44:01 -0700
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r300003 - head/share/man/man4
Message-ID:  <4621317.8YDbq6YmRn@ralph.baldwin.cx>
In-Reply-To: <20160517071619.GX4617@eureka.lemis.com>
References:  <201605170440.u4H4e1Fe082375@repo.freebsd.org> <1514281.0ZCu4236n8@ralph.baldwin.cx> <20160517071619.GX4617@eureka.lemis.com>

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On Tuesday, May 17, 2016 05:16:19 PM Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> On Tuesday, 17 May 2016 at  0:04:51 -0700, John Baldwin wrote:
> > On Tuesday, May 17, 2016 04:40:01 AM Greg Lehey wrote:
> >> Author: grog
> >> Date: Tue May 17 04:40:00 2016
> >> New Revision: 300003
> >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/300003
> >>
> >> Log:
> >>   Correct use of incorrect grammar.
> >>
> >> Modified:
> >>   head/share/man/man4/gdb.4
> >>
> >> Modified: head/share/man/man4/gdb.4
> >> ==============================================================================
> >> --- head/share/man/man4/gdb.4	Tue May 17 04:03:45 2016	(r300002)
> >> +++ head/share/man/man4/gdb.4	Tue May 17 04:40:00 2016	(r300003)
> >> @@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ run the link at more than 9600 bps.
> >>  Firewire connections do not have this problem.
> >>  .Pp
> >>  The debugging macros
> >> -.Dq "just grown" .
> >> +.Dq "just growed" .
> >
> > "grew"?
> 
> "Just growed".  Did you never read Uncle Tom's Cabin?  Check Topsy.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/grow?s=t

We attempt to write our documentation in English.  If you're going to do a
token commit to fix incorrect grammar, you should at least use correct
grammar.  Alternatively, if you want to make a token commit, at least pick
a patch in a docs PR and do something a bit more substantial.

-- 
John Baldwin



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