Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030540AbWCTWDl (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:03:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030545AbWCTWDa (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:03:30 -0500 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.203]:10275 "EHLO zproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030540AbWCTWCy convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:02:54 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=EaP0cmdLX70QsxEBMLRJcXJ4Vlsymt6mr5ef/yvQB4eamdF5HYjPEbBZ+HdEMV/KQSqelHeN+ubMM71nLnEy6z4Nf6YuTNv41j+kGFp994ca0T+885S+IUk8jORu/oq2nIaeM/53vUuHVjDw5wXVa5zqrMkmOm8Srg3JEkqrc0k= Message-ID: <7c3341450603201402k54b0cd6cy@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:02:52 +0000 From: "Nick Warne" Reply-To: "Nick Warne" To: "Jan Engelhardt" Subject: Re: SubmittingPatches typo Cc: "Chris Boot" , "Matheus Izvekov" , "Pavel Machek" , "kernel list" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060320125012.GA21545@elf.ucw.cz> <305c16960603201247p53718859ofa0e6d0355c9da1a@mail.gmail.com> <441F1650.7070906@bootc.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1227 Lines: 37 Believe me, English Grammar is harder than trying to understand kernel code. I was taught that 'ownership' and 'owner' decide, depending on the tense. Fred's code (it's his - 'Fred has ['s] code')). - Here also "it's" is short for "it is" (sucking eggs). Freds' code. You are talking third party about Freds' (or should that be Fred's?) code that he owns. Names that end in 's' may not be plural... the Smiths family? Or the Smiths' Family? What happens if you are talking about 10 Smiths'/Smith's families? Smiths Families? So, I think: Torvald's code == Torvalds has code == Torvald's ['s == has] Reference Torvalds' code = Torvalds[es]' code [owner] This debate has been on this board been a few times... and with all the English masters in there, it is still a little bit unresolved. http://www.b2g2.com/boards/board.cgi?user=dharrison Stick to coding kernels guys, it's easier. The fix? +Here is the mail Linus Torvalds sent on the canonical patch format: Nick - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/