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Re: [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches
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Eric S. Raymond |
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Re: [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches |
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Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:24:41 -0500 |
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Keith MARSHALL <address@hidden>:
> 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).
Keith is correct: I was focusing on the phrase, not the entire sentence.
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- [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, 2007/01/16
- Re: [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches,
Eric S. Raymond <=
- 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