Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 10:51:42 +0000 From: Tom Hukins <tom@FreeBSD.org> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> Cc: Andrew McKay <andy@openirc.co.uk>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/33137: Fix typos in X section of the FAQ Message-ID: <20011224105142.B78242@eborcom.com> In-Reply-To: <3C26FB81.7010907@owt.com>; from kstewart@owt.com on Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 01:55:13AM -0800 References: <200112240950.fBO9o1Z86277@freefall.freebsd.org> <3C26FB81.7010907@owt.com>
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On Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 01:55:13AM -0800, Kent Stewart wrote:
>
> I agree. I have always been taught that you are not supposed to use
> contractions such as "doesn't" in formal documents.
Yes, and the reason this typo ("doest") crept into the docs in the
first place was due to an attempt to remove contractions.
Tom
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