urlmon: Fix various typos/misspellings

Frédéric Delanoy frederic.delanoy at gmail.com
Sat Jul 23 02:07:24 CDT 2011


On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 02:03, Andrew Eikum <andrew at brightnightgames.com> wrote:
> On 07/22/2011 06:49 PM, Frédéric Delanoy wrote:
>>
>> 2011/7/22 Dan Kegel<dank at kegel.com>:
>>>>
>>>> -/* List of 3 character top level domain names Windows seems to
>>>> recognize.
>>>> +/* List of 3 characters top level domain names Windows seems to
>>>> recognize.
>>>
>>> That change is incorrect.  In English, 'character' should be singular
>>> there.
>>> (This occurs twice in your patch.)
>>
>> Interesting. Could you pls give me pointers explaining this peculiar
>> English grammar rule?
>
> A "number-noun" adjective does not use the noun's plural form. Other
> examples are "four-wheel drive," "seven-day trip" and "three-lane highway."
> I think they're easier to read with hyphens, but it's really a matter of
> preference.
>
> This is the best reference I could find:
> http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/adjective.html
>
> Andrew

OK thx. Guess there's a "-" missing as well.

Frédéric



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