On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 09:06:21AM -0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > Em Thu, 30 Nov 2017 21:47:44 +1100 > "Tobin C. Harding" <m...@tobin.cc> escreveu: > > > On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 07:01:19AM -0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > > > Em Thu, 30 Nov 2017 12:55:07 +1100 > > > "Tobin C. Harding" <m...@tobin.cc> escreveu: > > > > > > +So, by way of an example, Greg gives; a pull request with > > > > miscellaneous > > > > > > Nitpick: there's an extra ";" character above: > > > gives; -> gives > > > > Ha ha, I thought for ages how to word this bit. The irony of grammar > > corrections from a non-native speaker is not lost on me :) > > :-) > > Well, if that serves as a consolation, I had to go to a dictionary to > understand "By way of": > > https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/by-way-of > > As that was a new expression for me :-) > > Anyway, AFAIKT, English and Portuguese (and probably Spanish) have > similar rules with regards to commas and semicolons.
Oh cool, I didn't know that. Eu fallo um pouco Portugese muito no esrever bem. I never learned to spell in Portuguese. > > Perhaps: > > > > By way of an example Greg gives, a pull request with miscellaneous > > > > I'll take any nitpicks you have Mauro, striving for perfection here. Thanks. > > Yeah, that looks a way better on my eyes. thanks, Tobin. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
