Re: more for spelchkrs

From: Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Date: Mon Apr 28 2003 - 21:18:19 EST


On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Steven Cole wrote:

> Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >
> >linux-2.5.68-current...
> >
> >init/main.c: mispelled :)
> >
> >net/*: apropriate; unparsable; sepciafied;
>
> I don't know what's wrong with "unparsable", but there are quite a few
> other spelling glitches in net/*. The last line of

Methinks the only 'spell-check-able' word for this is:

        non-interpretable

In many cases, the correct negative is 'non-' rather than 'un'.

Unfortunately, parsable, parseable, etc., are not (yet) words so
they can't be negated with 'non-'.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.4.20 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).
Why is the government concerned about the lunatic fringe? Think about it.

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