Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 13:56:16 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libarchive archive_write.3 Message-ID: <40E9C070.9020001@kientzle.com> In-Reply-To: <20040705182214.GA68709@ip.net.ua> References: <200407051808.i65I8WhT097397@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040705182214.GA68709@ip.net.ua>
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Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 06:08:32PM +0000, Tim Kientzle wrote: > > > : -Note: internally, the callbacks are invoked by the compression layer. > : +Note: Internally, the callbacks are invoked by the compression layer. > > Is it acceptable in English, to start a new sentence after a colon? Yes, it is. A colon can be used as a "weak period" to indicate a close relationship between two otherwise separate sentences. I just skimmed a couple of grammar references I have sitting around and found that the detailed rules for when you capitalize after a colon are fairly subtle. Rather than get into a pointless grammatical bikeshed, I've reworded this to eliminate the colon entirely. > Some statistics (excluding contrib/ and crypto/ mdoc(7) manpages): > > Regexp Count > '^Note: [A-Z]' 20 > '^Note: [a-z]' 40 Like I said, the precise rules are subtle and not always well-understood. Tim
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