Re: [RFD] Documentation/HOWTO translated into Japanese

[Rene Herman]

On 06/11/2007 01:28 PM, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:

> Rene Herman <rene.herman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Please don't say that -- I perfectly understood what you were saying and as 
> > such it was of perfect use. There's a large number of non-native English 
> > speakers around the Linux kernel and noone is expected to write flawless 
> > English (that's including native speakers in fact).
> >
> > Getting a native speaker to clean up grammer and spelling is fine ofcourse 
> > as it's makes for a lower effort read for many others but please don't say

Case in point -- s/it's/it/

> > that something which isn't flawlessly spelled is of no use. As long as the 
> > content is clear, it's of great use!
> Thank you.
>
> But I know my grammar-check skill is not so good. I should make it better.
> I always thank all commenters who fix my sentences.

It used to be customary at least on usenet to add "(sp?)" to a word you 
weren't certain about but it never worked for me. When I indicated I wanted 
to be acked/naked like that I really did but it was always just ignored. 
That in itself is enough indication of how deeply people care about spelling 
in technical content...

Rene.
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