Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758910AbXELKs3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 May 2007 06:48:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756275AbXELKsV (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 May 2007 06:48:21 -0400 Received: from loopy.telegraphics.com.au ([202.45.126.152]:39436 "EHLO loopy.telegraphics.com.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756112AbXELKsU (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 May 2007 06:48:20 -0400 Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 20:48:18 +1000 (EST) From: Finn Thain To: Simon Arlott cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org, trival@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] spelling fixes: arch/m68knommu/ In-Reply-To: <464575BF.1060105@simon.arlott.org.uk> Message-ID: References: <4644C716.1020000@simon.arlott.org.uk> <464575BF.1060105@simon.arlott.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1602 Lines: 40 On Sat, 12 May 2007, Simon Arlott wrote: > On 12/05/07 02:03, Finn Thain wrote: > > > > On Fri, 11 May 2007, Simon Arlott wrote: > > > > > - * Local routines to interrcept the standard I/O and vector handling > > > - * code. Don't include this 'till now - initialization code above needs > > > + * Local routines to intercept the standard I/O and vector handling > > > + * code. Don't include this until now - initialization code above needs > > > * access to the real code too. > > > > What's wrong with 'til? > > > > Nothing, but is there anything wrong with correcting 'till to until? Correcting? Well, you might correct the grammar, e.g. "This wasn't included until now because..." Non-native English speakers will read this comment and that's a good argument for good grammar, but I don't care too much for fixing this myself. It is hard for me to understand other people's terse comments, which would make it hard for me to rewrite them in correct English. Sometimes I first have to figure out the idiom being used. But it is even harder to understand them after nuances are removed. To answer your question, I find it easier to parse the original idiom, "'til now". Your corruption, "until now", loses information available to anyone who can recognise the idiom. Granted, this is not the worst example of that effect... -f - 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/