urlmon: Fix various typos/misspellings

Austin English austinenglish at gmail.com
Sat Jul 23 02:29:49 CDT 2011


2011/7/23 Frédéric Delanoy <frederic.delanoy at gmail.com>:
> 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
>
>
>

It's optional, but does make it a bit clearer to non-native English speakers.

-- 
-Austin



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