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Re: [Patch, committed] Fix spelling of cannot in config/ directory

From: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
To: Florian Weimer <fw at deneb dot enyo dot de>
Cc: Andrew Pinski <pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu>, Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 19:57:50 +0100
Subject: Re: [Patch, committed] Fix spelling of cannot in config/ directory
References: <200408131526.i7DFQru26627@earth.phy.uc.edu><87isbnkkqh.fsf@codesourcery.com><3CE597E2-ED51-11D8-8613-00039351ED8A@physics.uc.edu><16669.1166.212030.233561@cuddles.cambridge.redhat.com><878yci27k3.fsf@deneb.enyo.de>

Florian Weimer writes:
 > * Andrew Haley:
 > 
 > >  > Yes but they do not mean the same thing, see
 > >  > <http://www.languagehat.com/archives/000876.php>.
 > >
 > > He's entitled to his opinion, but Webster, Chambers, and the OED say
 > > he's wrong.
 > 
 > Are you sure about the OED?  The most recent paper edition has the
 > following entry:
 > 
 > | CANNOT, the ordinary modern way of writing "can not"

so they do, indeed, mean the same thing.  

Andrew.

References:
- [Patch, committed] Fix spelling of cannot in config/ directory
  - From: Andrew Pinski
- Re: [Patch, committed] Fix spelling of cannot in config/ directory
  - From: Zack Weinberg
- Re: [Patch, committed] Fix spelling of cannot in config/ directory
  - From: Andrew Pinski
- Re: [Patch, committed] Fix spelling of cannot in config/ directory
  - From: Andrew Haley
- Re: [Patch, committed] Fix spelling of cannot in config/ directory
  - From: Florian Weimer

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