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From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
To: "Tobin C. Harding" <me@tobin.cc>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>,
	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] doc: add maintainer book
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 09:06:21 -0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171130090621.3ad073c7@vento.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171130104744.GV6217@eros>

Em Thu, 30 Nov 2017 21:47:44 +1100
"Tobin C. Harding" <me@tobin.cc> escreveu:

> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 07:01:19AM -0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > Em Thu, 30 Nov 2017 12:55:07 +1100
> > "Tobin C. Harding" <me@tobin.cc> escreveu:


> > > +So, by way of an example, Greg gives; a pull request with miscellaneous  
> > 
> > Nitpick: there's an extra ";" character above:
> > 	gives; -> gives  
> 
> Ha ha, I thought for ages how to word this bit. The irony of grammar
> corrections from a non-native speaker is not lost on me :)

:-)

Well, if that serves as a consolation, I had to go to a dictionary to
understand "By way of":

	https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/by-way-of

As that was a new expression for me :-)

Anyway, AFAIKT, English and Portuguese (and probably Spanish) have 
similar rules with regards to commas and semicolons.

> 
> Perhaps:
> 
>      By way of an example Greg gives, a pull request with miscellaneous
> 
> I'll take any nitpicks you have Mauro, striving for perfection here. Thanks.

Yeah, that looks a way better on my eyes.

Thanks,
Mauro

  reply	other threads:[~2017-11-30 11:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-11-30  1:55 [PATCH v3] doc: add maintainer book Tobin C. Harding
2017-11-30  9:01 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2017-11-30 10:47   ` Tobin C. Harding
2017-11-30 11:06     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab [this message]
2017-11-30 19:52       ` Tobin C. Harding
2017-12-03 15:11 ` Jonathan Corbet

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