Two typos and a correction [PATCH]

C. Michael Pilato cmpilato at red-bean.com
Fri Sep 5 10:59:54 CDT 2008


Alex Purins wrote:
> Index: src/en/book/ch02-basic-usage.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- src/en/book/ch02-basic-usage.xml (revision 3286)
> +++ src/en/book/ch02-basic-usage.xml (working copy)
> @@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@
>          result, and attempt your commit again.</para>
>  
>        <para>That covers the basic work cycle for using Subversion.
> -        Subversion offerse many other features that you can use
> +        Subversion offers many other features that you can use
>          to manage your repository and working copy, but most of your
>          day-to-day use of Subversion will involve only the commands
>          that we've discussed so far in this chapter.  We will,

I fixed this already in r3287 (the revision just after the one from which
your diff was made).

> Index: src/en/book/ch03-advanced-topics.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- src/en/book/ch03-advanced-topics.xml (revision 3286)
> +++ src/en/book/ch03-advanced-topics.xml (working copy)
> @@ -652,7 +652,7 @@
>  </screen>
>  
>        <para>But even if you haven't checked out a working copy from
> -        that repository, you can still affect the property change by
> +        that repository, you can still effect the property change by
>          providing the repository's root URL:</para
> <outbind://1-000000009248CFCB42758C4196D0EE6F4590D93C24712F00/</para>>
>  
>        <screen>

Ah.  *That* English oddity again...

> Index: src/en/book/ch00-preface.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- src/en/book/ch00-preface.xml (revision 3286)
> +++ src/en/book/ch00-preface.xml (working copy)
> @@ -784,7 +784,7 @@
>          documents (usually over a network) and keep track of who made
>          which changes, then Subversion is also appropriate.  This is
>          why Subversion is so often used in software development
> -        environments— programming is an inherently social
> +        environments— programming of large projects is an
> inherently social
>          activity, and Subversion makes it easy to collaborate with
>          other programmers.  Of course, there's a cost to using
>          Subversion as well: administrative overhead.  You'll need to

I know what you're trying to get at, but I don't think adding these words
adds value.  It's implied by the remainder of the sentence that the social
aspect comes into play by virtue of there being "other programmers".

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 been found difficult; and left untried."  -- G. K. Chesterton




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