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Re: CVS commit: basesrc/bin/ps



In article <aa64lu$5ek$1%coral.primenet.com.au@localhost> you write:
>Thomas Klausner <wiz%netbsd.org@localhost> typed:
>: Module Name: basesrc
>: Committed By:        wiz
>: Date:                Wed Apr 24 08:58:34 UTC 2002
>: Modified Files:
>:      basesrc/bin/ps: ps.1
>: Log Message:
>: "a, b, c, and d", not "a, b, c and d".
>
>I don't know how to put this politely, but is this just a wank or what?
>I've been using English v7.2 for decades.  Why did we need this upgrade
>to Englysh v8.0?

Because 8.0 has been out for at least eighty years (that construction is
recommended by Fowler), and removes some of the grammatical ambiguities of
the previous version.

-- 
Ben Harris                                                   
<bjh21%netbsd.org@localhost>
Portmaster, NetBSD/acorn26           <URL:http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/acorn26/>



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