Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 02:13:05 -0600 From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man5 sysctl.conf.5 Message-ID: <20000116021305.H43216@holly.calldei.com> In-Reply-To: <20000116133434.K3413@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> References: <200001160515.VAA88306@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000116133434.K3413@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com>
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On Sun, Jan 16, 2000, Greg Lehey wrote: > 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). I don't have evidence, but it seems to make sense. Really it's going by what other people have been saying about docs, and what's in the doc project guide: http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/docproj-primer/writing-style.html -- |Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> |On a clear disk you can seek forever... `--------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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