Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | David Woodhouse <> | Date | 02 Mar 2003 11:21:58 +0000 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kernel source spellchecker |
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On Sun, 2003-03-02 at 04:16, Steven Cole wrote:
> Another correction to the corrections file: > > Licensed=Licenced > ^^^^^^^^ > I think Licenced is OK in the UK. > See http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/jones/differences.htm
'Licenced' is not OK in the UK; it should be corrected to 'Licensed'.
In the UK, 'licence' is a noun, 'license' is a verb -- just as with practice/practise and advice/advise etc. in both variants of the language.
I think we also want to add:
Decompressing=Uncompressing
You should also refrain from 'correcting' the already-correct British spellings of 'modelled'.
It might also be worth adding a list of 'suspect' spellings -- which require human intervention. Such items might include 'indices=indexes' and 'erratum=errata' although you can't do it automatically because sometimes the right-hand side is actually correct.
-- dwmw2
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