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Re: [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches
From: |
Keith MARSHALL |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:43:13 +0000 |
Eric S. Raymond wrote, quoting Werner Lemberg:
>> I think I can stand the torrent of indignation[1] which will occur due
>> to this mapping -- my safe bet is that noone will complain.
>>
>> [1] Maybe this is wrong English but it sounds more poetical than
>> `storm of protest'. :-)
>
> That's perfectly correct idiomatic English.
Well, maybe not quite! There's certainly nothing wrong with `torrent of
indignation', but there is a minor flaw on the following line -- there is
no such word as `noone'! You may say either `nobody', (one word), or
`no one', (which must be written as two separate words).
Please don't take offence; Werner's English is well nigh perfect, but I
thought he might like to be informed of this minor slip.
Regards,
Keith.
- [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches, Eric S. Raymond, 2007/01/13
- Re: [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/01/14
- Re: [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches, Eric S. Raymond, 2007/01/14
- Re: [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/01/15
- Re: [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches, Eric S. Raymond, 2007/01/15
- Re: [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/01/16
- Re: [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches, Eric S. Raymond, 2007/01/16
- Re: [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches,
Keith MARSHALL <=
- Re: [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches, Eric S. Raymond, 2007/01/16
- Re: [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/01/16
- Re: [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/01/16
Re: [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/01/22