From owner-svn-src-stable@freebsd.org Thu May 18 16:53:05 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A72DD72B1E for ; Thu, 18 May 2017 16:53:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ian@freebsd.org) Received: from pmta2.delivery6.ore.mailhop.org (pmta2.delivery6.ore.mailhop.org [54.200.129.228]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4E53416FA for ; Thu, 18 May 2017 16:53:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ian@freebsd.org) X-MHO-User: 4ee24c93-3bea-11e7-8c46-c35e37f62db1 X-Report-Abuse-To: https://support.duocircle.com/support/solutions/articles/5000540958-duocircle-standard-smtp-abuse-information X-Originating-IP: 73.78.92.27 X-Mail-Handler: DuoCircle Outbound SMTP Received: from ilsoft.org (unknown [73.78.92.27]) by outbound2.ore.mailhop.org (Halon) with ESMTPSA id 4ee24c93-3bea-11e7-8c46-c35e37f62db1; Thu, 18 May 2017 16:51:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rev (rev [172.22.42.240]) by ilsoft.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v4IGr2vo001612; Thu, 18 May 2017 10:53:02 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from ian@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <1495126382.93532.17.camel@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r318468 - in stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1: hardware readme From: Ian Lepore To: Adam Weinberger , Glen Barber Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-11@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 10:53:02 -0600 In-Reply-To: <83CC5C29-230F-4033-B2A6-90E81D403A79@adamw.org> References: <201705181624.v4IGOBPb013236@repo.freebsd.org> <83CC5C29-230F-4033-B2A6-90E81D403A79@adamw.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.18.5.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for all the -stable branches of the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 16:53:05 -0000 On Thu, 2017-05-18 at 10:43 -0600, Adam Weinberger wrote: > > > > On 18 May, 2017, at 10:24, Glen Barber wrote: > > > > Author: gjb > > Date: Thu May 18 16:24:11 2017 > > New Revision: 318468 > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/318468 > > > > Log: > >  Fix grammar nits. > > > >  Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation > > > > Modified: > >  stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.xml > >  stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.xml > > > > Modified: stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859- > > 1/hardware/article.xml > > =================================================================== > > =========== > > --- stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.xml > > Thu May 18 16:24:10 2017 (r318467) > > +++ stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.xml > > Thu May 18 16:24:11 2017 (r318468) > > @@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ > >        > > > >       The following Sun &ultrasparc; systems are not tested > > but > > - believed to be also supported by &os;: > > + believed to also be supported by &os;: > As long as we're picking grammar nits, you've split an infinitive > there. I think you want "believed also to be supported" or "believed > to be supported by &os; as well:". > > > > > > >        > > > > @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ > >        > > > >       The following Fujitsu &primepower; systems are not > > tested > > - but believed to be also supported by &os;: > > + but believed to also be supported by &os;: > Same here. > > # Adam There is no rule of grammar forbidding split infinitives, and the style opinion which disfavored them for many years is itself no longer in favor.  Like the old "don't end a sentence with a preposition" this is just a thing many of us learned in school that turned out to be widespread prejudice, not an actual rule of grammar. -- Ian