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Re: [PATCH] doc, maint: fix use of "i.e." in documentation and comments
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Bernhard Voelker |
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Re: [PATCH] doc, maint: fix use of "i.e." in documentation and comments |
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Sat, 31 Jan 2015 17:43:27 +0100 |
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On 01/31/2015 11:28 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 30/01/15 20:48, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
>> The attached fixes various inconsistent uses of "i.e." (lat. id est):
>> * ensure "i.e." is followed by a comma,
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> This is a difference between "American" and "U.K." English.
> UK English does not generally use a following comma.
> Comma is used to disambiguate, and I don't think there
> is an ambiguity with i.e. To my mind there is an implicit comma.
Thanks for clarifying.
> I'm fine with the change for consistency though.
>> [...] I'm
>> unsure about the old ChangeLog files:
> I'd just leave these I'd say.
I've pushed without modifying these:
http://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=a5c8cdff03
Thanks for the review.
Have a nice day,
Berny