Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Aug 2003 22:39:46 +0200 | From | Stephan von Krawczynski <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.22-pre lockups (now decoded oops for pre10) |
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 13:29:49 -0700 Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com> wrote:
> > I'd say "two things differ", without trailing "s". I am not even sure if > > "bitmaps" shouldn't be singular "bitmap" instead. > > "bitmaps" with your changes would be correct. > > Though, just turn "bitmaps" into "bitmap" and it should be fine. I can't > really think of a phrase specific enough for the error message without > adding enough text to make it two lines, which wouldn't be good. > > "Comparing bitmaps.. vpf-10640: The on-disk and the correct bitmap differs"
Hm, but:
"a and b differ" "a differs from b"
or not?
Alternatives:
"a and b are different"
But if you use "are" here, you cannot use "differs" above, right?
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