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Date:      Sun, 17 Mar 2002 11:10:26 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Cc:        Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4 ng_pptpgre.4
Message-ID:  <20020317111026.A91596@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020316163707.A54661@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
References:  <200203161756.g2GHufn20522@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020317103642.E61310@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020316163707.A54661@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>

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On Saturday, 16 March 2002 at 16:37:07 -0800, Steve Kargl wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 10:36:42AM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
>> On Saturday, 16 March 2002 at  9:56:41 -0800, Jens Schweikhardt wrote:
>>> schweikh    2002/03/16 09:56:41 PST
>>>
>>>   Modified files:
>>>     share/man/man4       ng_pptpgre.4
>>>   Log:
>>>   Typo: s/acknowlegement/acknowledgement/
>>
>> Why?  s/acknowledgement/acknowledgment/
>>
>> ispell is your friend.
>>
>
> Both acknowledgement and acknowledgment are acceptable spelling
> according to Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, only acknowledgment is
correct.  ispell agrees, and my Webster's "New" Encyclopedic
Dictionary prefers it.

Greg
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