On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 05:00:02PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> It would also be nice if the linda maintainer would learn to spell
> "dependent".
shell$ dict dependant
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
[gcide]:
Dependant \De*pend"ant\, Dependance \De*pend"ance\, n.,
Dependancy \De*pend"an*cy\, n.
See {Dependent}, {Dependence}, {Dependency}.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The forms dependant, dependance, dependancy are from
the French; the forms dependent, etc., are from the
Latin. Some authorities give preference to the form
dependant when the word is a noun, thus distinguishing
it from the adjective, usually written dependent.
[1913 Webster]
"Some authorities" is not all inclusive by any means. IOW, it doesn't
matter all that much.
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