Re: [PATCH] sched: Add SCHED_BGND (background) scheduling policy

[Valdis . Kletnieks]

On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 11:33:42 +1000, Con Kolivas said:
> On Wednesday 05 July 2006 11:15, Peter Williams wrote:
> > Con Kolivas wrote:

> > >> +			 * don't let them adversely effect tasks on the expired
> > >
> > > ok I'm going to risk a lart and say "affect" ?

No, that would be correct English.

> > I have to refer you to the Oxford English Dictionary.

Actually, something like Strunk&White's "Elements of Style" is better suited
to this sort of thing than the OED.  The OED just lists *words*, not how to
put them together.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/020530902X/qid=1152072733/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-2430423-3716834?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

> I was hoping you would.

They would *affect* tasks. The *effect* of this would be...

Note that 'effect' can be a verb too, but in that sense it refers to
a "facilitator" - "The mayor effected change in policy" meaning that he
made it happen. So in the kernel, "A effects B" is only correct if A
is code that is intended to make B happen.  If A, through blind all-elbows
coding, happens to cause B to change, then "A affects B" is proper.

Clear as mud? :)  If not, read the Strunk&White explanation of this one. :)

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