On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 01:37:53AM +0700, Robert Elz wrote: > Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 16:47:08 +0000 > From: David Holland <dholland-sourcechan...@netbsd.org> > Message-ID: <20130524164708.ga...@netbsd.org> > > | : -The default interval for router advertisements, which is on the order > of 10 > | : +The default interval for router advertisements, which is in the order > of 10 > | > | ...it should be "on" > > Actually, I think it should be "of". > > "in" when it relates to orders would be used for the kind of order where > a follows b follows c - those are in the order of ... > > "on" when it relates to orders would refer to something that is written, > and there may be a note, on the order, that X should be added, or ... > > "of" when it relates to orders comes to comparisons, and is the variant > that is meant here, it means "approximately 10 minutes", or "of the order > of 10 minutes".
I'm glad that grammar topics get such a verbose discussion :) Could one of the native speakers please fix it in a way that we won't have this discussion again? Thanks, Thomas
