Re: [PATCH] include/linux/regmap.h: fix a couple of typos

From: Laszlo Papp
Date: Wed Jan 08 2014 - 16:02:54 EST


On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 06:59:57PM +0000, Laszlo Papp wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 05:22:18PM +0000, Laszlo Papp wrote:
>
>> >> - * (eg, a clear on read interrupt status register). If this
>> >> + * (e.g. a clear on read interrupt status register). If this
>
>> > This is somewhat outdated orthorgraphy...
>
>> Pardon ?
>
> It's not that common to write it as an abbreviation (even though it is
> one) and for some random reason you've decided to drop the comma which
> is standard.

Cannot agree. I see this effectively almost anywhere, and I even asked
this on IRC from native English speaker in #English @ freenode who
were in an agreement with me as far as I can tell.

That being said, I will not have time, nor the motivation to argue
over such a nuance, so feel free to reject the change.
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