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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