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Re: [PATCH] gitk: Update and fix Makefile

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 12, 2008, 05:04 UTC
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On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 03:57:34PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> I agree with you that both are valid spellings, but when I
> received 9e5d87d49070fe0463040e826824d6ce41beb089, I consulted a
> couple of dictionaries and descendant seemed to be more widely
> used.  Besides, I think the german translation update depends on
> it ;-).

Descendant is a noun, whereas descendent is an adjective. Though like many such distinctions, the two forms increasingly are used interchangeably.

-Peff
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  1. gitk: Update and fix MakefileChristian Stimming, Jan 8, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2008
  3. Paul MackerrasJan 9, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2008
  7. Paul MackerrasJan 11, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2008
  9. Jeff KingJan 12, 2008
  10. Christian StimmingJan 13, 2008

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