Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: typos | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Date | Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:41:34 +0200 |
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On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 10:30, Lee Revell wrote: > On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 04:10, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > Hi there guys, > > I've been pondering on posting about this for a long time but I guess > > I'll just go and say it. I've been reading the lkml for about a year now > > and, I don't know how important it is to you, but I think that typos in > > the comments in the kernel sources really annoy those who really read > > them in order to understand what's going on. Well, I'm one of them, and, > > since the typos are really a lot, I thought that maybe fixing them would > > be a good idea. > > Here's a patch. Please, tell me if you don't want such noise on the list > > but I think that, although not crucial, somewhat correct english in the > > comments would be better, or? > > > > Regards, > > Boris > > > > > > --- foo.orig 2004-08-17 04:27:55.000000000 -0400 > +++ foo.fixed 2004-08-17 04:29:27.000000000 -0400 > @@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ > and, I don't know how important it is to you, but I think that typos in > the comments in the kernel sources really annoy those who really read > them in order to understand what's going on. Well, I'm one of them, and, > -since the typos are really a lot, I thought that maybe fixing them would > +since there are really a lot of typos, I thought that maybe fixing them would > be a good idea. > -Here's a patch. Please, tell me if you don't want such noise on the list > -but I think that, although not crucial, somewhat correct english in the > -comments would be better, or? > +Here's a patch. Please, tell me if you don't want such noise on the > +list. I think that, although not crucial, somewhat more correct english in the > +comments would be better. > > Regards, > Boris > > I was expecting a flame like that. :) However, I'm talking about typos and not about stylistic mistakes. After all, we don't want a masterpiece in contemporary english literature...
Good day to you Mr. Revell,
Boris.
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