Hi, Ben,

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Ben Kaduk <minimar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Xin LI <delp...@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> Author: delphij
>> Date: Tue Apr 27 17:50:43 2010
>> New Revision: 207283
>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/207283
>>
>> Log:
>>  Language improvements to make the BUGS section easier to read.
>>
>>  Reviewed by:  Alexander Best <alexbestms wwu de>
>>  MFC after:    13 days
>>
>> Modified:
>>  head/usr.bin/gzip/gzip.1
>>
>> Modified: head/usr.bin/gzip/gzip.1
>> ==============================================================================
>> --- head/usr.bin/gzip/gzip.1    Tue Apr 27 15:59:38 2010        (r207282)
>> +++ head/usr.bin/gzip/gzip.1    Tue Apr 27 17:50:43 2010        (r207283)
>> @@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ with unpack support written by
>>  .An Xin LI Aq delp...@freebsd.org .
>>  .Sh BUGS
>>  According to RFC 1952, the recorded file size is stored in a 32-bit
>> -integer and therefore it can not represent files that is bigger than
>> -4GB in size.  This limitation also applies to
>> +integer, therefore, it can not represent files larger than 4GB.
>> +This limitation also applies to
>
> Still not quite right -- the old version was wrong because it had
> "files that is" instead of "files that are".  The new version has a
> comma splice, though -- the comma in "32-bit integer, therefore"
> should be replaced with either a semicolon or a full stop.
>
> I would probably also put in two "the"s in the text following this
> change -- "the -l option" and "the gzip utility".

I would appreciate some native English speaking committers to help me
on this, I personally have no much strong opinion on the wording :-/

>>  .Fl l
>>  option of
>>  .Nm
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