Re: [Nagios-devel] small grammar patch
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:59 am
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On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 02:13 +0200, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
> > minor grammar edit in cgi.c.
> > "Whence" means "from where".
> > So, "Return from whence you came." is silly ('from from'?).
> >=20
>=20
> It's actually correct as it is. Whence is just "when" but used in the 3=20
> spatial dimensions rather than the linear one (time). All according to=20
> the little dictionary applet RedHat decided to install on my laptop=20
> along with the actually useful stuff.
>=20
> O, how unlike the place from whence they fell?
> --Milton.
> 1913 Webster
I still maintain 'from' is redundant, although RedHat's definition
is...interesting
This is the most succinct on the topic:
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-fro2.htm
and Webster (since you used the quote from them) disagrees on the
definition you posted, as well:
http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book= ... =3D0&y=3D0
Not saying it's not commonly pre-pended with "from", but that doesn't
make it any less questionable.
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On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 02:13 +0200, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
> > minor grammar edit in cgi.c.
> > "Whence" means "from where".
> > So, "Return from whence you came." is silly ('from from'?).
> >=20
>=20
> It's actually correct as it is. Whence is just "when" but used in the 3=20
> spatial dimensions rather than the linear one (time). All according to=20
> the little dictionary applet RedHat decided to install on my laptop=20
> along with the actually useful stuff.
>=20
> O, how unlike the place from whence they fell?
> --Milton.
> 1913 Webster
I still maintain 'from' is redundant, although RedHat's definition
is...interesting
This is the most succinct on the topic:
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-fro2.htm
and Webster (since you used the quote from them) disagrees on the
definition you posted, as well:
http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book= ... =3D0&y=3D0
Not saying it's not commonly pre-pended with "from", but that doesn't
make it any less questionable.
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