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Re: [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches


From: Keith MARSHALL
Subject: Re: [Groff] First round of cleabnup patches
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:43:13 +0000

Eric S. Raymond wrote, quoting Werner Lemberg:
>> I think I can stand the torrent of indignation[1] which will occur due
>> to this mapping -- my safe bet is that noone will complain.
>>
>> [1] Maybe this is wrong English but it sounds more poetical than
>>     `storm of protest'. :-)
>
> That's perfectly correct idiomatic English.

Well, maybe not quite!  There's certainly nothing wrong with `torrent of
indignation', but there is a minor flaw on the following line -- there is
no such word as `noone'!  You may say either `nobody', (one word), or
`no one', (which must be written as two separate words).

Please don't take offence; Werner's English is well nigh perfect, but I
thought he might like to be informed of this minor slip.

Regards,
Keith.




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