Re: [PATCH] spelling fixes: arch/m68knommu/

On Sat, 12 May 2007, Kolbjørn Barmen wrote:

> On Sat, 12 May 2007, Finn Thain wrote:
> 
> > To answer your question, I find it easier to parse the original idiom, 
> > "'til now". Your corruption, "until now", loses information available to 
> > anyone who can recognise the idiom. Granted, this is not the worst example 
> > of that effect...
> 
> It is either "till now" or "until now". 
> "'til" is just broken english.

Seems you are right that "till" is also an accepted abbreviation (I found 
both in the Oxford American Dictionary). I suppose that there's no typo to 
fix here.

-f

> 
> -- kolla
> 

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