Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:44:48 -0800 | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Subject | Re: Documentation: spelling |
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On 01/08/14 13:11, Laszlo Papp wrote: > On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote: >> On 01/08/2014 08:31 AM, Laszlo Papp wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> which spelling is preferred for the documentation when sending patches? >>> >>> I see the UK'ish "initialise" as well as the US'ish "initialization" >>> within the same close to each other. >> >> >> We accept either UK or US spellings. >> >> It would be nice to be consistent within one document, but about all >> that we can count on is for one person to be consistent most of the >> time. >> >> -- >> ~Randy > > Thanks Randy! > > So, does that mean if I fix grammar or typo issues in a file, I should > also fix the UK'ish terms by replacing them with the US'ish when both > types are occurring?
I would say the fewer "trivial" changes, the better, so don't change them if they are correct in either spelling.
-- ~Randy
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