Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:34:04 +0200 | From | Rene Herman <> | Subject | Re: [RFD] Documentation/HOWTO translated into Japanese |
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On 06/11/2007 01:28 PM, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Please don't say that -- I perfectly understood what you were saying and as >> such it was of perfect use. There's a large number of non-native English >> speakers around the Linux kernel and noone is expected to write flawless >> English (that's including native speakers in fact). >> >> Getting a native speaker to clean up grammer and spelling is fine ofcourse >> as it's makes for a lower effort read for many others but please don't say
Case in point -- s/it's/it/
>> that something which isn't flawlessly spelled is of no use. As long as the >> content is clear, it's of great use! >> > Thank you. > > But I know my grammar-check skill is not so good. I should make it better. > I always thank all commenters who fix my sentences.
It used to be customary at least on usenet to add "(sp?)" to a word you weren't certain about but it never worked for me. When I indicated I wanted to be acked/naked like that I really did but it was always just ignored. That in itself is enough indication of how deeply people care about spelling in technical content...
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