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bug#1476: 23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable
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Juanma Barranquero |
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bug#1476: 23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable |
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Wed, 3 Dec 2008 16:06:18 +0100 |
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 16:03, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
> But Emacs has standardized on American spelling. American usage generally
> drops
> a final "e" when adding suffix "able".
If that is your argument (and I'm OK with it, BTW), you should have
said so, and not pass one of the alternatives as less correct, or
uncommon, or obsolete.
Juanma
bug#1476: 23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable, Stefan Monnier, 2008/12/03