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Re: [PATCH 1/8] CodingGuidelines: typofix

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
May 2, 2014, 20:33 UTC
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<20140502203327.GB32500@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 11:31:10AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> But let's follow this one:
> 
> http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=judgement%20call%2C%20judgment%20call&cmpt=q
> 
> which seems to say that with 'e' is more common.
Grammar by democracy. ;)
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> *1* To Americans, the form with 'e' is abomination.  Wikipedia
> claims that (1) without 'e' is in legal and (2) with 'e' in other
> contexts in British (this particular one is a non-legal use), and
> (3) both are equally acceptable in non-legal contexts in Austraria
> and Canada.

That is what I found most interesting about the discussion. The reason I bothered to look it up and say something is that as an American, I would without a doubt spell it with the "e", contradicting what I found online. Oh well. 

-Peff
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Message 7 of 30 in “Update the CodingGuidelines”
  1. 0/8 Update the CodingGuidelinesJunio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2014
  2. 1/8 CodingGuidelines: typofixJunio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2014
  3. David KastrupMay 1, 2014
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2014
  5. Jeff KingMay 1, 2014
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2014
  7. Jeff KingMay 2, 2014
  8. Felipe ContrerasMay 2, 2014
  9. David KastrupMay 2, 2014
  10. 2/8 CodingGuidelines: give an example for case/esac statementJunio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2014
  11. 3/8 CodingGuidelines: give an example for redirectionJunio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2014
  12. 3/8 CodingGuidelines: give an example for redirectionJunio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2014
  13. 4/8 CodingGuidelines: give an example for control statementsJunio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2014
  14. Stefan BellerApr 30, 2014
  15. Junio C HamanoApr 30, 2014
  16. David KastrupMay 1, 2014
  17. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2014
  18. 5/8 CodingGuidelines: give an example for shell function preambleJunio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2014
  19. 6/8 CodingGuidelines: call the conditional statement "if ()", not "if()"Junio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2014
  20. David KastrupMay 1, 2014
  21. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2014
  22. David KastrupMay 1, 2014
  23. 7/8 CodingGuidelines: on comparisonJunio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2014
  24. Jeff KingMay 1, 2014
  25. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2014
  26. Jeff KingMay 2, 2014
  27. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2014
  28. 8/8 CodingGuidelines: once it is in, it is not worth the code churnJunio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2014
  29. 9/8 CodingGuidelines: on splitting a long lineJunio C Hamano, May 2, 2014
  30. brian m. carlsonMay 2, 2014

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