svn commit: r219096 - in head: lib/libc/yp lib/libelf
share/man/man7 sys/boot/i386/cdboot sys/boot/pc98/cdboot usr.bin/checknr
Bruce Cran
bruce at cran.org.uk
Tue Mar 1 10:10:51 UTC 2011
On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 19:07 -0800, Rob Farmer wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 2:03 AM, Bruce Cran <brucec at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > Author: brucec
> > Date: Mon Feb 28 10:03:48 2011
> > New Revision: 219096
> > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/219096
> >
> > Log:
> > Revert some of r177626. "in in" is valid in certain sentences.
>
> I disagree. "in in" (or any doubled word) looks awkward in print and
> should be avoided. Even if its grammatically correct, its a style
> problem because the reader has to do a double take and starts to
> wonder about the quality of the writing. With the exception of the
> security manpage, where "break in originally" or similar would work,
> these are all unnecessary verbosity and should be cut.
So you actually agree with me that it's valid grammatically :)
I'll commit the changes you suggested.
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Bruce Cran
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