[sqlite] version 3.9.0 doc errors
On Thu, 08 Oct 2015 21:12:51 +0100, R.Smith wrote: > > > *** Correction *** It's not, but you don't want to get me started. 8-) > On 2015-10-08 10:03 PM, R.Smith wrote: > > > > To clarify, when used as an adverb to modify a verb, you may well > > add the s - such as saying "I'm moving backwards" or "It's a > > forwards marching army."//... > > "Marching" is of course an adverb here, not a verb. A more correct > example would be: "He's forwards marching". > > ___ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
[sqlite] version 3.9.0 doc errors
R.Smith wrote: > More draft doc errors: > https://www.sqlite.org/draft/versionnumbers.html An additional typo near the end of above page: === BEGIN QUOTE === Again, the *destinction* (-> distinction) between "major" and "minor" is subjective. === END QUOTE === Regards Dominique
[sqlite] version 3.9.0 doc errors
*** Correction *** On 2015-10-08 10:03 PM, R.Smith wrote: > > To clarify, when used as an adverb to modify a verb, you may well add > the s - such as saying "I'm moving backwards" or "It's a forwards > marching army."//... "Marching" is of course an adverb here, not a verb. A more correct example would be: "He's forwards marching".
[sqlite] version 3.9.0 doc errors
On 2015-10-08 08:58 PM, Donald Griggs wrote: > Regarding: >2nd paragraph - The New Version Numbering System (auxiliary letter): > "The second number Y is incremented for any change that breaks forward*s* > compatibility..." > > Not that it matters much, but in general it seems that adding the "s" to > backward and forward is more often done in British English vs American. > > Also, backward is said to be more used for the adjective and backwardS when > used as an adverb. :) Yes, you're quite right. Sometimes though, these quick web references don't tell the whole story, but she isn't wrong. In the case at hand, it is A - American English we're trying to do, and B - Though forward here is an adverb, it is really used as a modifier to an adjective (Compatible) which is slightly different to when used as a modifier to a verb (which is the normal sense in which they mean "when used as an adverb" as per the link). To clarify, when used as an adverb to modify a verb, you may well add the s - such as saying "I'm moving backwards" or "It's a forwards marching army." Sometimes adding the s just feels wrong, even in UK English, such as saying "She is a forward thinking person" or "He played a brilliant forward stroke" - adding an s will be weird here. When it modifies an adjective, while it still technically is an adverb, it is mostly used sans the s - try to say these out loud (with and without the trailing s): "backward hand signal", "forward compatible device" etc. It may alter the meaning or should "feel" uncomfortable to say when you add the s (I hope!). When used as a modifier to another adverb, anything goes, mostly in America without the s and in UK with the s. Such as: "backward(s) slanted letters", "forward(s) facing lights", "backward(s) running clock" etc.
[sqlite] version 3.9.0 doc errors
More draft doc errors: https://www.sqlite.org/draft/versionnumbers.html 1st paragraph - SQLite Version Numbers (typo for "through"): "There are two strategies for version numbers in SQLite. The historical system, in use from the first release on 2000-08-17 *though* version 3.8.11.1 on..." --- 2nd paragraph - The New Version Numbering System (auxiliary letter): "The second number Y is incremented for any change that breaks forward*s* compatibility..." --- In https://www.sqlite.org/draft/releaselog/3_9_0.html New features and enhancements (grammar typo): "Enhance the dbstat virtual table so that it can be used as a table-valued functions where..." I think it meant to read like this: "Enhance*d* the dbstat virtual table so that it can be used as a table-valued *function* where..." --- Cheers, Ryan
[sqlite] version 3.9.0 doc errors
Regarding: 2nd paragraph - The New Version Numbering System (auxiliary letter): "The second number Y is incremented for any change that breaks forward*s* compatibility..." Not that it matters much, but in general it seems that adding the "s" to backward and forward is more often done in British English vs American. Also, backward is said to be more used for the adjective and backwardS when used as an adverb. http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/backward-versus-backwards On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 2:11 PM, R.Smith wrote: > More draft doc errors: > https://www.sqlite.org/draft/versionnumbers.html > > 1st paragraph - SQLite Version Numbers (typo for "through"): > "There are two strategies for version numbers in SQLite. The historical > system, in use from the first release on 2000-08-17 *though* version > 3.8.11.1 on..." > > --- > > 2nd paragraph - The New Version Numbering System (auxiliary letter): > "The second number Y is incremented for any change that breaks forward*s* > compatibility..." > > --- > > In https://www.sqlite.org/draft/releaselog/3_9_0.html > New features and enhancements (grammar typo): > "Enhance the dbstat virtual table so that it can be used as a table-valued > functions where..." > > I think it meant to read like this: > "Enhance*d* the dbstat virtual table so that it can be used as a > table-valued *function* where..." > > --- > > > Cheers, > Ryan > > ___ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users >
