On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 7:13 PM, +Jan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 3:47 PM, stosss <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Writing UNIX wrong isn't a violation of grammar. Getting grammar wrong >> shows a lack of knowledge and understanding of the language and that >> reflects poorly on the writer. >> >> What I find really sad is this project is about two years older then >> Gentoo and Arch Linux, but those projects have much better >> documentation and a lot more people involved in the development and a >> lot more users and a lot more activity on their communications >> channels: forums, mailings lists, IRC etc. >> >> I still want to help with this project but my enthusiasm has slipped >> because of the open sometimes hostile resistance by insiders toward >> outsiders like me. Sometimes there is a very obvious undertone of >> don't tell us how to write our book, we will do it the way we want and >> your input is not welcome. That I am sure is the reason the other >> projects have out grown this one. They are more open to outsiders >> coming in and suggesting changes. >> > > I stopped reading right here. It is their book. It's a very good > book too. Those projects you mentioned have grown in very different > ways since they are distributions. Not books. Their documentation is > excellent, but they aren't what this book is. You're comparing apples > to oranges. > > Personally I would really like to see this discussion end for a couple > of reasons. > > a) It's over such a trivial matter. > b) It just derailed dramatically. > > Personally I don't think 'a/an' is a big deal beside a command that is > normally not said with no specific pronunciation rules. I wouldn't > and didn't blink twice reading that sentence when I read the book > last. > > >From a purely visual grammatical sense, 'a' is just fine to me beside > the letter s. Let's stop beating this dead horse. > > > Jonathan
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