Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030558AbWCTWhW (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:37:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030562AbWCTWhW (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:37:22 -0500 Received: from baldrick.bootc.net ([83.142.228.48]:53218 "EHLO baldrick.bootc.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030558AbWCTWhU (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:37:20 -0500 Message-ID: <441F2E9D.6000001@bootc.net> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:37:17 +0000 From: Chris Boot User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060309) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nick Warne Cc: Jan Engelhardt , Matheus Izvekov , Pavel Machek , kernel list Subject: Re: SubmittingPatches typo References: <20060320125012.GA21545@elf.ucw.cz> <305c16960603201247p53718859ofa0e6d0355c9da1a@mail.gmail.com> <441F1650.7070906@bootc.net> <7c3341450603201402k54b0cd6cy@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7c3341450603201402k54b0cd6cy@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1537 Lines: 52 Nick Warne wrote: > 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 I think we'll all have to agree to disagree about this and nip it in the bud before everything gets out of hand! > Stick to coding kernels guys, it's easier. Agreed. > The fix? > > +Here is the mail Linus Torvalds sent on the canonical patch format: Ah, so simple, so nice. This one gets my vote. > Nick Chris -- Chris Boot bootc@bootc.net http://www.bootc.net/ - 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/