Re: [Nagios-devel] small grammar patch

Support forum for Nagios Core, Nagios Plugins, NCPA, NRPE, NSCA, NDOUtils and more. Engage with the community of users including those using the open source solutions.
Locked
Guest

Re: [Nagios-devel] small grammar patch

Post by Guest »

jeff vier wrote:
> minor grammar edit in cgi.c.
>
> "Whence" means "from where".
> So, "Return from whence you came." is silly ('from from'?).
>

It's actually correct as it is. Whence is just "when" but used in the 3
spatial dimensions rather than the linear one (time). All according to
the little dictionary applet RedHat decided to install on my laptop
along with the actually useful stuff.

O, how unlike the place from whence they fell?
--Milton.
1913 Webster

--
Andreas Ericsson [email protected]
OP5 AB www.op5.se
Lead Developer





This post was automatically imported from historical nagios-devel mailing list archives
Original poster: [email protected]
Locked