On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:57:21 -0600 Jim Cromie wrote:
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 12:42:28 -0600
> > Jim Cromie <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Fixup patches agains next -mm would be suitable. Please keep them
> > super-short: basically one-patch-per-review-comment. That way I can easily
> > instertion-sort the patches into place and we retain a nice patch series.
> >
> >
> OK. Just so Im clear, Ill patch against the tail of the set (ie -mm1),
> and you'll push them forward into the
WTH? "you'll" ??
> series as close as possible to where the blunder was made ? (and less
> close for conflicts )
> >> Ive
> >>
> >
> > Apostrophe aversion?
> >
>
> Its PFL. Its also IMO a trend in the language. "Its" (the contraction)
> has dropped the '
> IIUC, its (with the apostrophe) now only for possession, forex: Its
> bigger than the sum of it's parts.
> Im just taking that to excess, everywhere its applicable ;-)
and you have it totally bassackwards too. Maybe you meant to
do that, a la Rusty.
Possessive "its" did not and does not use apostrophe.
and "forex" is the Foreign Exchange market (or a brand of
prophylactic).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PFL ??
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~Randy
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