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From: Denis Vlasenko <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
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To: Steven Cole <elenstev@mesatop.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.63-current replace its with it's where appropriate.
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 13:57:42 +0200
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On 26 February 2003 04:44, Steven Cole wrote:
> This patch replaces its (possessive of it) with it's (it is)
> in the following cases where "it is" is meant.
>
> its a   -> it's a
> its an  -> it's an
> its not -> it's not

I'd say it's ok to fix misspellings but this apostrophe
chasing is a bit too much. What comes next? Patches to fix
violations of "two spaces after the dot" rule?

Single quotes in comments do confuse gcc _and_ some
text editors with syntax highlighting.
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vda
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