On Thu, Jul 05, 2018 at 01:26:08PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote: > On Thu, Jul 05, 2018 at 01:27:56PM +0200, Tobias Tefke wrote: > > These words are pronounced (and start) with a vowel sound. > > Therefore the article we use has to be 'an' instead of 'a'. > > > > Signed-off-by: Tobias Tefke <[email protected]> > > To clarify Alexander's reply, there's some guidance on writing commit > messages in section 2 of: > > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > > The basic idea is that the commit message should make sense on its own, > even if you can't see the diff. Describe the problem first, any > caveats, then the solution taken (in the imperative tense). > > e.g. the above could be: > > ---- > Some of the comments in the kernel events code use articles incorrectly, > 'a' for words beginning with a vowel sound, where 'an' should be used.
Whoops, dropped a word here. That should say: Some of the comments in the kernel events code use articles incorrectly, using 'a' for words beginning with a vowel sound, where 'an' should be used. Mark.
