On Tue, 2017-06-20 at 10:48 -0500, Pedro Giffuni wrote: > ... > > On 20/06/2017 09:35, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > > > > Author: pfg > > Date: Tue Jun 20 14:35:19 2017 > > New Revision: 320146 > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/320146 > > > > Log: > > Improve grammar concerning "metadata". > > > > Remove unnecessary space while here. > > > > Modified: > > head/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2fs.h > > > > Modified: head/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2fs.h > > =================================================================== > > =========== > > --- head/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2fs.h Tue Jun 20 14:28:51 2017 > > (r320145) > > +++ head/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2fs.h Tue Jun 20 14:35:19 2017 > > (r320146) > > @@ -316,9 +316,8 @@ struct ext2_gd { > > uint16_t ext4bgd_csum; /* group descriptor > > checksum */ > > }; > > > > - > > -/* EXT2FS metadatas are stored in little-endian byte order. These > > macros > > - * helps reading these metadatas > > +/* EXT2FS metadata is stored in little-endian byte order. These > > macros > > + * helps reading them. > > */ > > > For the record: "metadata" is tricky as it can be addressed to > either > plural or singular, what is wrong the use of "metadatas". > > Pedro. >
Metadata can be treated as if singular or plural for purposes of making an associated verb match in number. That's a different issue from the fact that "metadatas" just isn't a word at all. Speaking of making subject and verb match in number, the verb in the 3rd sentence needs to be "help". -- Ian _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
