This is the mail archive of the
libc-alpha@sourceware.org
mailing list for the glibc project.
Re: [COMMITED][BZ #16375] Fix spelling in manual
- From: Ville Skyttä <ville dot skytta at iki dot fi>
- To: Nix <nix at esperi dot org dot uk>
- Cc: Ondřej Bílka <neleai at seznam dot cz>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:18:15 +0200
- Subject: Re: [COMMITED][BZ #16375] Fix spelling in manual
- Authentication-results: sourceware.org; auth=none
- References: <20131230145301 dot GA4809 at domone> <87y52o1y40 dot fsf at spindle dot srvr dot nix>
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 2:25 AM, Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk> wrote:
> On 30 Dec 2013, OndÅej BÃlka said:
>
>> ion \n-which you can get with functions targetted to this purpose described in \
>> ion \n+which you can get with functions targeted to this purpose described in \n
>> ^ ^
>
> This is not a spelling correction, but a change from one dialectical
> variation (British English, or more generally Commonwealth English) to
> another (US English).
I don't claim to be anywhere near an expert on this, but FWIW before
submitting the patch, I checked these:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/target ("British
& World English")
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/target
("American English")
Both of them say "Do not double the final consonant when adding
endings which begin with a vowel to a word which ends in a vowel plus
a consonant, if the stress is not at the end of the word: (targets,
targeting, targeted)."