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Re: grammar patches not best use of talent

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 12, 2009, 09:35 UTC
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jdelstrother@gmail.com writes:
> Wait, "a handful X" is now a legitimate form of "a handful of X"?  I
> assumed they were due to non-native speakers.
You assumed correctly.

Jidanni is saying that _he_ thought about doing so, and then changed his mind. I personally do not know what the point of saying such things on the public list like this: you either just do it, or you don't, and you do not add noise to the traffic by saying you won't do this nor that.

If you agree with me on the above point, just ignore the message you are responding to (I am not saying "just ignore _him_"; at least not yet), and if you are inclined to help, please don't let the message you are responding to discourage you.

Thanks.
Previous: jdelstrother@gmail.com
Message 7 of 7 in “stopping patches from just floating by”
  1. jidanni@jidanni.orgJan 11, 2009
  2. Daniel BarkalowJan 11, 2009
  3. jidanni@jidanni.orgJan 11, 2009
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2009
  5. grammar patches not best use of talentjidanni@jidanni.org, Jan 12, 2009
  6. jdelstrother@gmail.comJan 12, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2009

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