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

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Subject: Re: Incorrect use of "it's" in package control files -- file mass bug?
From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 10:20:15 +0200
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20040828071506.GA3031@vaio.glandium.org> (Mike Hommey's message of "Sat, 28 Aug 2004 16:15:06 +0900")
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* Mike Hommey:

> So, what is the problem with "i.e." and "e.g." ?

Most writers confuse the two and do not use them properly, so some
publishers ban them completely.

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- Re: Incorrect use of "it's" in package control files -- file mass bug?
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- Re: Incorrect use of "it's" in package control files -- file mass bug?
  - From: Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
- Re: Incorrect use of "it's" in package control files -- file mass bug?
  - From: Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net>
- Re: Incorrect use of "it's" in package control files -- file mass bug?
  - From: Pierre Machard <pmachard@debian.org>
- Re: Incorrect use of "it's" in package control files -- file mass bug?
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- Re: Incorrect use of "it's" in package control files -- file mass bug?
  - From: Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>
- Re: Incorrect use of "it's" in package control files -- file mass bug?
  - From: Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net>
- Re: Incorrect use of "it's" in package control files -- file mass bug?
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