Re: Those ruddy punctuation fixes

From: Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Date: Thu Mar 06 2003 - 04:58:44 EST

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On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 05:50:27PM -0800, jw schultz wrote:
> > Russell's patch -> The patch which Russell wrote
>
> Assumes data not in evidence. Russel might have composited
> the patch. Try "The patch from Russel" or "The patch Russel
> provided" I would honestly be willing to have just "Russels
> Patch", "Russel patch" or "patch a la Russel" to evade the
> tortured language for avoiding the possesive.

And on the subject of spelling fixes, can I call you j schult? 8)

-- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html

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