Re: Assorted spelling fixes.
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 11:36, Francois Gouget <fgouget(a)free.fr> wrote:
diff --git a/programs/cmd/tests/test_builtins.cmd b/programs/cmd/tests/test_builtins.cmd index eb79fb2..be1eead 100644 --- a/programs/cmd/tests/test_builtins.cmd +++ b/programs/cmd/tests/test_builtins.cmd @@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ mkdir foobar rd foobar echo %ErrorLevel% if not exist foobar echo dir removed -rem Removing non-existent directory +rem Removing nonexistent directory rmdir foobar echo %ErrorLevel% rem Removing single-level directories
There is apparently no hard rule on the usage of hypens between 'non' and a subsequent adjective, but I've seen lots of "non-" (sometimes even "non ") so I wouldn't call that a spelling error. Furthermore, the "non-" form is more readable IMHO Frédéric
On Wed, 3 Aug 2011, Frédéric Delanoy wrote: [...]
-rem Removing non-existent directory +rem Removing nonexistent directory [...] There is apparently no hard rule on the usage of hypens between 'non' and a subsequent adjective, but I've seen lots of "non-" (sometimes even "non ") so I wouldn't call that a spelling error. Furthermore, the "non-" form is more readable IMHO
My paper dictionary lists a number of 'non-xxx' and 'nonxxx' words. It has 'nonexistent' and not 'non-existent'. The Merriam-Webster also prefers 'nonexistent'. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonexistent Mozilla did a pass through their code replacing 'onn-existent' with 'nonexistent': https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=564091 However I'll acknowledge that a number of other online dictionaries seem to accept both forms. Maybe the explanation is in the Cambridge Dictionaries; they have 'non-existent' in the British dictionary and 'nonexistent' in the US one. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/non-existent http://dictionaries.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=nonexistent*1+0&dict=A http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nonexistent http://www.thefreedictionary.com/non-existent http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nonexistent http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/non-existent Overall 'nonexistent' seemed better referenced in the dictionaries and more 'legitimate'. But I can leave either form as is if that's preferred. -- Francois Gouget <fgouget(a)free.fr> http://fgouget.free.fr/ tcA thgirypoC muinelliM latigiD eht detaloiv tsuj evah uoY
On 8/3/11 4:23 PM, Francois Gouget wrote:
On Wed, 3 Aug 2011, Frédéric Delanoy wrote: [...]
-rem Removing non-existent directory +rem Removing nonexistent directory [...] There is apparently no hard rule on the usage of hypens between 'non' and a subsequent adjective, but I've seen lots of "non-" (sometimes even "non ") so I wouldn't call that a spelling error. Furthermore, the "non-" form is more readable IMHO My paper dictionary lists a number of 'non-xxx' and 'nonxxx' words. It has 'nonexistent' and not 'non-existent'. The Merriam-Webster also prefers 'nonexistent'.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonexistent
Mozilla did a pass through their code replacing 'onn-existent' with 'nonexistent':
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=564091
However I'll acknowledge that a number of other online dictionaries seem to accept both forms. Maybe the explanation is in the Cambridge Dictionaries; they have 'non-existent' in the British dictionary and 'nonexistent' in the US one.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/non-existent http://dictionaries.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=nonexistent*1+0&dict=A
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nonexistent http://www.thefreedictionary.com/non-existent http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nonexistent http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/non-existent
Overall 'nonexistent' seemed better referenced in the dictionaries and more 'legitimate'. But I can leave either form as is if that's preferred.
Francois: I always thought that it was hyphenated. Ran the word through the spell checker on MS Word this afternoon and both spellings were accepted. Alexandre will have to be the final say so on this as both spellings are accepted. James
Francois Gouget wrote:
On Wed, 3 Aug 2011, Frédéric Delanoy wrote: [...]
-rem Removing non-existent directory +rem Removing nonexistent directory [...] There is apparently no hard rule on the usage of hypens between 'non' and a subsequent adjective, but I've seen lots of "non-" (sometimes even "non ") so I wouldn't call that a spelling error. Furthermore, the "non-" form is more readable IMHO
My paper dictionary lists a number of 'non-xxx' and 'nonxxx' words. It has 'nonexistent' and not 'non-existent'. The Merriam-Webster also prefers 'nonexistent'.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonexistent
Mozilla did a pass through their code replacing 'onn-existent' with 'nonexistent':
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=564091
However I'll acknowledge that a number of other online dictionaries seem to accept both forms. Maybe the explanation is in the Cambridge Dictionaries; they have 'non-existent' in the British dictionary and 'nonexistent' in the US one.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/non-existent http://dictionaries.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=nonexistent*1+0&dict=A
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nonexistent http://www.thefreedictionary.com/non-existent http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nonexistent http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/non-existent
Overall 'nonexistent' seemed better referenced in the dictionaries and more 'legitimate'. But I can leave either form as is if that's preferred. It is not a spelling fix then and shouldn't be included in a "spelling fixes" patch. You could do a "Standardize to 'nonexistent'" patch but that would IMHO stretch the scope of this kind of janitorial fixes.
bye michael
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