On Saturday 07 May 2005 06:42 pm, Andries Brouwer wrote: > On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 01:40:42PM -0700, David Brownell wrote: > > > > > > Here are some spelling corrections for drivers/usb. > > > > > > > > > > cancelation -> cancellation > > > > > > > > For the record, "cancelation" (one "l" not two "ll") is > > > > correct, though recently I've found some dictionaries > > > > listing "cancellation" (two "ll") as an option. > > > > It'd be nice to do that ... "fixes" should really not change > > things that started out correct! At work a few years ago we > > actually did some research on this issue and, as a result of > > finding that the "ll" usage was not very widely accepted (in > > several dictionaries and quite a few CS research papers), we > > switched everything to use the single "l" usage. Which is > > why USB has so far been consistent about that form. > > Funny. I would have used -ll-. Let me see. > - My Webster has -ll- and does not recognize -l-. > - Cambridge Advanced Learner's dictionary has only -ll- > - Merriam-Webster online says that -l- is a variant of -ll- > - American Heritage says the same > - Encarta says -l-: see -ll- > - Webster 1828 has only -l- > > This quick test seems to show a strong preference for -ll- > Let us ask Google. > -ll-: about 22,100,000 > -l-: about 205,000 and the question "did you mean cancellation?" > > (And what about the technical USB context? Again Google: > -ll- + usb: about 251,000 > -l- + usb: about 667.) > > So, I will not contradict your statement that "cancelation" > is correct, but it certainly looks like "cancellation" is preferred, > and that is also what the USB specs talk about. > > Andries > > Its seems that linux kernel coders are an odd lot when it comes to this particular spelling variation. Even with the recent conversion of seven instances of -l- to -ll- in drivers/usb, we still have:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.12-rc4]$ find . -type f | xargs grep -i cancellation | wc -l 29 [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.12-rc4]$ find . -type f | xargs grep -i cancelation | wc -l 4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.12-rc4]$ find . -type f | xargs grep -i cancelled | wc -l 117 [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.12-rc4]$ find . -type f | xargs grep -i canceled | wc -l 91 David, I've cancelled the cancelation conversion in my local copy of this file: http://www.kegel.com/kerspell/spell-fix.txt See, no color/colour or buses/busses substitutions. Sorry for all the noyze. Steven ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7393&alloc_id=16281&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
