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


Andrew Pinski <pinskia@physics.uc.edu> writes:

> On Aug 13, 2004, at 10:31 AM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>
>> Andrew Pinski <pinskia@physics.uc.edu> writes:
>>
>>> I forgot how I found cannot was misspelled, I think there was a PR
>>> about it but here is the patch
>>> I had in my cleanup tree for about 3 weeks now for config directory.
>>
>> Uh, "can not" is perfectly good English.
>
>
> Yes but they do not mean the same thing, see
> <http://www.languagehat.com/archives/000876.php>.
> <http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/archives/9905/ 
> techwhirl-9905-00560.html>
> and many more which say what "can not" really means.

*shrug* Not a distinction my dialect makes.

zw


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