Re: [PATCH] Edit user manual for grammar

On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 08:27:59PM +0100, Andy Parkins wrote:

It's certainly common, I don't think that it's correct though.

In cases like this some seem to think it's actually required:

	"Use a hyphen to connect two or more words functioning together
	as an adjective before a noun."

(From p. 234 of "A Writer's Reference", 3rd ed., Diana Hacker--just what
I happen to have on my shelf.) I suppose it's there to help find the
modified noun when you're constructing modifiers out of multiple words
that aren't necessarily adjectives.

But whatever, I've no real objection to the patch.

Please don't take "vulgar" to mean disgusting, I meant "common".  Sorry 
if that was offensive.

Nah, just curious.  "For" seems a little more precise in this case, so
fair enough.

quoted

What we really need is a complete recovery tutorial to stick in here
someplace.  (One day git complains about a corrupt pack file.  What
do you do?)  What's been stopping me from doing it, besides time, is
no idea how to come up with a good example to work with.

A big magnet on your hard disk? ;-)

Hah.  OK, next suggestion....

--b.