Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 04:56:28 GMT From: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: "Dag-Erling C. Sm\xf8rgrav" <des@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Correct English style Message-ID: <35382ed1.10137219@mail.cetlink.net> In-Reply-To: <199804180411.MAA16043@spinner.netplex.com.au> References: <199804180411.MAA16043@spinner.netplex.com.au>
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On Sat, 18 Apr 1998 12:11:20 +0800, Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> wrote: >I don't call this "fixing typos", as far as I can tell, >most of these changes have broken the correct usage. The changes are correct. >eg: here, we are talking about the device's softc: >- * return the pointer to it's softc structure >+ * return the pointer to its softc structure An apostrophe is used to indicate the possessive case (as in Peter's computer) except in the special case of the word "its." In this special case, it's (with the apostrophe) is a contraction of "it is" while its (without the apostrophe) is the possessive adjective. The committer is correct. Consult a dictionary or manual of style. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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