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Re: [PATCH 1/2] Makefile: Improve wording in a comment

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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Feb 5, 2015, 20:04 UTC
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On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 8:19 PM, Sebastian Schuberth
> <sschuberth@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> Is that an improvement?  Is the plural of "dup" (used as an
>>> abbreviation of "duplicate") "dupes" not "dups"?
>>
>> My view is that the abbreviation of "duplicate" is not "dup" but
>> "dupe", hence the plural "dupes".
>
> For "duplicate" the noun, that is. For "duplicate" the verb I'd be ok
> with "dup" as the abbreviation. "to dup" sounds and looks better than
> "to dupe" :-)
>
We could also not abbreviate that word to avoid discussion there.
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  1. 1/2 Makefile: Improve wording in a commentSebastian Schuberth, Feb 5, 2015
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2015
  3. Sebastian SchuberthFeb 5, 2015
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