Messages in this thread | | | From | Gene Heskett <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] add an -Os config option | Date | Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:48:04 -0400 |
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On Monday 11 August 2003 22:51, Thomas Molina wrote: >On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Monday 11 August 2003 17:19, Michael Buesch wrote: >> >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> >Hash: SHA1 >> > >> >On Monday 11 August 2003 23:11, Adrian Bunk wrote: >> >> + The resulting kernel might be significantly slower. >> > >> >With my poor english knowledge I would say it should be >> > "significant". Correct? >> >> No, the quoted "significantly" version is the correct english >> useage in this apparently present tense. > >Now you have hit one of my hot buttons :) > >Your use of useage is an incorrect use. Simply use use in the above >sentence :) > >sineage, useage, etc. are simply incorrect
Well, in the everyday use, they do seem to be miss-used quite frequently as it is observed by me. And I am not an english professor, just a senior (68) citizen with an 8th grade education, a GED, and a diploma from the University of Hard Knocks. There really is such a thing you see.
-- Cheers, Gene AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M 99.27% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2003 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
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