On Thursday 29 June 2006 14:05, Paolo Ornati wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:39:11 +0100
>
> Alistair John Strachan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Thursday 29 June 2006 13:12, Paolo Ornati wrote:
> > > On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:02:18 +0200
> > >
> > > [email protected] wrote:
> > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt
> > > > > b/Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt index 6f47332..ed24cdd 100644
> > > > > --- a/Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt
> > > > > +++ b/Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt
> > > > > @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ or if the next request in the queue is "
> > > > > just completed request, it is dispatched immediately. Otherwise,
> > > > > statistics (average think time, average seek distance) on the
> > > > > process that submitted the just completed request are examined. If
> > > > > it seems -likely that that process will submit another request
> > > > > soon, and that
> > > >
> > > > old version is correct, I think.
> > >
> > > me too (I've exagerated a bit in killing duplicates ;)
> >
> > "that the process"
>
> Are you sure?
> To me it makes more sense the old one when read in the context.
Actually the context made me think otherwise, look:
"Otherwise, statistics (average think time, average seek distance) on **the**
process that submitted the just completed.."
[snip]
> > I disagree. The cleanup's either an improvement, or the sentence should
> > be rewritten, "Before continuing with how to attach, detect and unload
> > the framebuffer.."
> >
> > I think if you're going to improve the quality of documentation, there's
> > no harm to make minor grammatical improvements. Duplicate words are
> > almost always a bad thing, and they really disrupt reading flow.
>
> Maybe, but I'll probably make more danger than anything.
>
> For now I just want to eliminate the wrong duplicates and keep the
> correct ones.
It's arguable whether there are any "correct" duplicates in a well formed
sentence in English. However, I'm inclined to agree with "as few changes as
possible", so disregard.
--
Cheers,
Alistair.
Third year Computer Science undergraduate.
1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK.
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