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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] doc: add maintainer book
On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 09:06:21AM -0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Thu, 30 Nov 2017 21:47:44 +1100
> "Tobin C. Harding" <me@tobin.cc> escreveu:
>
> > On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 07:01:19AM -0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > > Em Thu, 30 Nov 2017 12:55:07 +1100
> > > "Tobin C. Harding" <me@tobin.cc> escreveu:
>
>
> > > > +So, by way of an example, Greg gives; a pull request with miscellaneous
> > >
> > > Nitpick: there's an extra ";" character above:
> > > gives; -> gives
> >
> > Ha ha, I thought for ages how to word this bit. The irony of grammar
> > corrections from a non-native speaker is not lost on me :)
>
> :-)
>
> Well, if that serves as a consolation, I had to go to a dictionary to
> understand "By way of":
>
> https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/by-way-of
>
> As that was a new expression for me :-)
>
> Anyway, AFAIKT, English and Portuguese (and probably Spanish) have
> similar rules with regards to commas and semicolons.

Oh cool, I didn't know that. Eu fallo um pouco Portugese muito no
esrever bem. I never learned to spell in Portuguese.

> > Perhaps:
> >
> > By way of an example Greg gives, a pull request with miscellaneous
> >
> > I'll take any nitpicks you have Mauro, striving for perfection here. Thanks.
>
> Yeah, that looks a way better on my eyes.

thanks,
Tobin.

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