On 12/30/11 11:54, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 02:43:22PM -0500, Ben Kaduk wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 5:58 AM, Ulrich Spoerlein <u...@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> - * is 11 bit wide that gives us upto 2048 chunks. >>> + * is 11 bit wide that gives us up to 2048 chunks. >> >> Should be "11 bits", no? > > I'm not a native speaker, but I think "11 bit wide" is correct here.
I am a native speaker, and it's "11 bits wide". English is an odd language: An "11 bit wide field" is "11 bits wide". (Similarly, a 45 *foot* long bus is 45 *feet* long.) -- Colin Percival Security Officer, FreeBSD | freebsd.org | The power to serve Founder / author, Tarsnap | tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
