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| author | Kevin Lo <kevlo@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-06-15 01:00:01 +0000 |
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| committer | Kevin Lo <kevlo@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-06-15 01:00:01 +0000 |
| commit | dc8797c2c17e8d761eb3a5fdd823cd3f113b4ea5 (patch) | |
| tree | fcb2f5f7a858d25b8d4a23cd9b9497d2daccbb87 /en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/fdp-primer/writing-style/chapter.sgml | |
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Fix spelling and nits.
PR: 19267
Submitted by: Daniel Harris <dannyboy@subdimension.com>
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diff --git a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/fdp-primer/writing-style/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/fdp-primer/writing-style/chapter.sgml index 127ca29246..69c3f6c25c 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/fdp-primer/writing-style/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/fdp-primer/writing-style/chapter.sgml @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. - $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/fdp-primer/writing-style/chapter.sgml,v 1.6 1999/12/14 17:04:06 nik Exp $ + $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/fdp-primer/writing-style/chapter.sgml,v 1.7 2000/01/16 22:13:09 asmodai Exp $ --> <chapter id="writing-style"> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ “Don't use contractions” would be wrong.</para> <para>Avoiding contractions makes for a more formal tone, is more - precise, and slightly easier for translators.</para> + precise, and is slightly easier for translators.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ <term>Use the serial comma</term> <listitem> - <para>In a list of items within a paragraph, seperate each item from + <para>In a list of items within a paragraph, separate each item from the others with a comma. Seperate the last item from the others with a comma and the word “and”.</para> - <para>For example, look at the following quote;</para> + <para>For example, look at the following:</para> <blockquote> <para>This is a list of one, two and three items.</para> @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ “two”, and “three”, or a list of two items, “one” and “two and three”?</para> - <para>It is better to be explicit and include a serial comma;</para> + <para>It is better to be explicit and include a serial comma:</para> <blockquote> <para>This is a list of one, two, and three items.</para> @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ <application>emacs</application>.</para> <para>While it may be argued that a capital letter following - the end of sentence period, this is not the case, especially + a period denotes a new sentence, this is not the case, especially in name usage. <quote>Jordan K. Hubbard</quote> is a good example; it has a capital <literal>H</literal> following a period and a space, and there certainly isn't a new sentence @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ </variablelist> <para>For more information about writing style, see <ulink - url="http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/strunk/">Elements of + url="http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html">Elements of Style</ulink>, by William Strunk.</para> <sect1> |