From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9515 invoked by alias); 9 Feb 2006 10:41:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 9496 invoked by uid 48); 9 Feb 2006 10:41:19 -0000 Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:41:00 -0000 From: "richardj_moore at uk dot ibm dot com" To: systemtap@sources.redhat.com Message-ID: <20060209104118.2308.richardj_moore@uk.ibm.com> Reply-To: sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org Subject: [Bug translator/2308] New: stap messages errors X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo Mailing-List: contact systemtap-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: systemtap-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-q1/txt/msg00452.txt.bz2 I've noticed grammatical errors in the messages issued by stap: 1) the term "probe point" should be specified as "probepoint". It's a coined term that co-incides with usages such as tracepoint and logpoint and has been extensively in prior dprobes and kprobes documentation. 2) the plural form of nouns that are preceded by a number should not be specified as (s) as in "3 error(s)". This is an illiterate usage. The plural form is generic and suffices for all cases of zero to infinity; the singular for is specifically for the case of one. It's not wrong to say "1 errors" in the context of a generalized statement; but it is wrong to say "2 error". There is a practical reason for not using "error(s)" and this when one applies internationalization to messages and the plural declension doesn't operate in the same way. Likewise, if an English plural form is irregular e.g. "feet" then the bracket shorthand doesn't work, e.g. "2 f(ee/oo)t". If one really wants to use the singular form then the entire word should be replaced. (The same comment applies to the usage "and/or" - there's no need for it). -- Summary: stap messages errors Product: systemtap Version: unspecified Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: translator AssignedTo: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com ReportedBy: richardj_moore at uk dot ibm dot com http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2308 ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.