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Re: [PATCH 0/27] Documentation: Spelling fixes

From
Nikolai Weibull <now@bitwi.se>
Date
Jun 4, 2006, 17:59 UTC
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On 6/4/06, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> Most do not seem to be typoes, depending on where you learned
> the language (XYZour vs XYZor; ok, Ok, and OK; ie vs i.e.).
Where do you write "ie" instead of "i.e."?

In Swedish, there has been a trend to remove dots from abbreviated expressions, but it seems people are returning to use dots. Personally, I find that dots make things a lot clearer.

  nikolai
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Message 4 of 7 in “Documentation: Spelling fixes”
  1. 0/27 Documentation: Spelling fixeshorst.h.von.brand@inf.utfsm.cl, Jun 3, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiJun 3, 2006
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 4, 2006
  4. Nikolai WeibullJun 4, 2006
  5. Andreas EricssonJun 5, 2006
  6. Nikolai WeibullJun 5, 2006
  7. Andreas EricssonJun 7, 2006

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