On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 04:03:17PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org> writes: > > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2004, Florian Weimer wrote: > > > > > If this is really important, lintian could enforce a style guide that > > > prohibts "it's" altogether, always requiring the spelled-out versions. > > > (While we are at it, "e.g." and "i.e." are good candidates for a ban, > > > too. 8-) > > > > Why? Although they are sometimes misused, "e.g." and "i.e." are > > perfectly fine. > > Well, "for example" and "that is" are better ways to spell them. FYI i.e. means "id est" it is a Latin expression and you can of course use it. -- Pierre Machard <pmachard@debian.org> http://debian.org GPG: 1024D/23706F87 : B906 A53F 84E0 49B6 6CF7 82C2 B3A0 2D66 2370 6F87
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