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Date:      Fri, 31 Aug 2001 10:04:42 -0700
From:      Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
To:        Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
Cc:        "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: docs/30203: description of security profiles in FAQ is just plain wrong 
Message-ID:  <20010831170447.8540E3E28@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010831185048.N95956@lpt.ens.fr>; from rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in on "Fri, 31 Aug 2001 18:50:48 %2B0200"

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Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> wrote:
> 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.") 

Okay, fixed.  I'm really not an English teacher... :-/

> 
> - Rahul
> 

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