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Re: Incorrect use of "it's" in package control files -- file mass bug?



Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> writes:

> If this is really important, lintian could enforce a style guide that
> prohibts "it's" altogether, always requiring the spelled-out versions.

This is also bad English.  Contractions are a critical part of the
spoken language, not interchangable anymore with the two-word
versions.  (See a good linguist for the details.)




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