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Re: typos


From: Ralf Wildenhues
Subject: Re: typos
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 08:46:05 +0200
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.11-2006-07-05

Hello Karl,

* Karl Berry wrote on Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 08:36:39PM CEST:
> 
> Thanks much.
> Where are you finding the energy for all this proofreading :)?!

I was trying out the Vim 7 spell engine, and the world cup left too
little time to concentrate on code...

> Are you on the address@hidden list, BTW?

No.

>             * doc/functions.texi, doc/gnulib-tool.texi, doc/gnulib.texi:
>             Fix some typos.
> 
> I, at least, see no problem with these gnulib changes.  Please go ahead
> and install them.

Thanks, done.

> - both "acknowledgment" and "acknowledgement" are correct AFAIK,
>   likewise "okay" and ok".

Yes.  I wasn't sure about acknowledgement, but I was sure that the other
writing is ok.  I believe it's helpful to stick to one kind of spelling
within a document.

> - I'm not sure about capitalizing ftp.  I guess you're technically
>   right, but it is so prevalent in that doc.

It's an acronym that is not a pronounceable word.  Though this is by no
means a rule I know of, I know very few such abbreviations that aren't
capitalized, in en_US writing, that is.

Cheers,
Ralf




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