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Date:      Fri, 31 Aug 2001 18:50:48 +0200
From:      Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
To:        "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: docs/30203: description of security profiles in FAQ is just plain wrong
Message-ID:  <20010831185048.N95956@lpt.ens.fr>
In-Reply-To: <200108311643.f7VGhUq85376@intruder.bmah.org>; from bmah@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 09:43:30AM -0700
References:  <200108311630.f7VGU1V07031@freefall.freebsd.org> <200108311643.f7VGhUq85376@intruder.bmah.org>

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Bruce A. Mah said on Aug 31, 2001 at 09:43:30:
> If memory serves me right, Dima Dorfman wrote:
> 
> >  > -            is enabled or disabled.</para>
> >  > +          <para>The following table describes what each of the
> >  > +            security profiles does.  The columns are the choices you
> >  
> >  "...what each of the security profiles does".  The verb (does) doesn't
> >  agree in number with the subject (profiles).  Or something like
> >  that--you get the idea.  I'm not an English teacher, so I probably got
> >  the terms all wrong.  I changed 'does' to 'do'.
> 
> Actually, the subject is "each", which is singular.  I'm pretty sure 
> Michael is right on this one.

"Does" is definitely correct, not do.  (Think "each and every one of the
security profiles.") 

- Rahul


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