Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:56:18 +0800 | From | Li Zefan <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] NET: fix wrong English expression in comments |
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David Miller wrote: > From: joe tian <joe.tian.kernel@gmail.com> > Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:36:51 +0800 > >> 2009/1/12 Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>: >>>> @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ struct inet_bind_bucket; >>>> struct inet_timewait_sock { >>>> /* >>>> * Now struct sock also uses sock_common, so please just >>>> - * don't add nothing before this first member (__tw_common) --acme >>>> + * don't add anything before this first member (__tw_common) --acme >>> They are the same meaning... >>> >> I don't think they are the same meaning. >> I think "don't add anything" means "do add nothing" but not means "don't add >> nothing" > > No offense to anyone, but the only people arguing for "correctness" > seem to be non-native speakers of English. Is this correct? :-) >
Yes, Chinese guys, to be more specific. ;)
> As Ben tries to explain, "don't add nothing" is a colloquialism of > English that in fact can mean "do not add" > > It sounds amusing when read, and I'm not killing the character and > personality of this comment just for some language lawyering. > > No way. >
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