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Date:      Tue, 13 Aug 2002 12:53:00 -0700
From:      Peter Avalos <pavalos@theshell.com>
To:        cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/ld ld.1 ld.1aout src/gnu/usr.bin/tar tar.1 src/lib/libc/gen fmtcheck.3 src/lib/libc/sys acct.2 src/sbin/growfs growfs.8 src/sbin/init init.8 src/sbin/natd natd.8
Message-ID:  <20020813195300.GD84888@theshell.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020813194813.GB36804@sunbay.com>
References:  <200208131410.g7DEAatl004437@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020813205909.A1364@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20020813194813.GB36804@sunbay.com>

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On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 10:48:13PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 08:59:09PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 07:10:36AM -0700, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > > ru          2002/08/13 07:10:36 PDT
> > >=20
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     gnu/usr.bin/ld       ld.1 ld.1aout=20
> > >     gnu/usr.bin/tar      tar.1=20
> > >     lib/libc/gen         fmtcheck.3=20
> > >     lib/libc/sys         acct.2=20
> > >     sbin/growfs          growfs.8=20
> > >     sbin/init            init.8=20
> > >     sbin/natd            natd.8=20
> > >   Log:
> > >   can not -> cannot.
> >=20
> > What is wrong with 'can not'?
> >=20
> Nothing wrong, just because "can" has an explicit negative form
> and due to an existing ratio (we had about 450 cannot's vs. 7
> can not's) I thought it would be a good idea to be consistent.

Cannot is the preferred version unless you want to be emphatic about
the not.

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/cannot.html

--Pete

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