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Re: [patch] doc/*.texi: Fix typos and follow spelling conventions.


On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Ziemowit Laski wrote:
> Joseph, I hate to be a gadfly, but can you explain the rationale here?
> Is there an ISO standard somewhere stipulating that incomplete and/or
> incorrect documentation must also be misspelled, or that two wrongs
> make a right?

Besides ISO, it's a cultural thing.  I think it's somewhat covered in
<URL:http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/Hacker-Writing-Style.html>.
(For lack of better entry.  Suggest ask ESR about adding entries
for "incorrekt" et. al. ;-)

brgds, H-P


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