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Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el
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Randal L. Schwartz |
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Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el |
Date: |
Mon, 09 Jul 2007 09:01:28 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (berkeley-unix) |
>>>>> "Juanma" == Juanma Barranquero <address@hidden> writes:
Juanma> According to the American Heritage Dictionary:
Juanma> http://www.bartleby.com/61/25/I0122500.html
Juanma> SYLLABICATION: in·ex·is·tent
Juanma> PRONUNCIATION: ng-zstnt
Juanma> ADJECTIVE: Having no existence; nonexistent.
Juanma> It's uncommon, but it's not wrong. That's not an argument for or
Juanma> against the change, but against your claim that it is a spelling
Juanma> error.
Yes, it's legal. But it's wrong by common usage. Googling:
about 6,640,000 for nonexistent
about 773,000 for inexistent
That's a factor of nearly 10 there. (And yes, I know those are actually
approximations, but the same bias factors out of both sides.)
The point is to use familiar words when you can.
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- Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el, (continued)
- Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el, Randal L. Schwartz, 2007/07/01
- Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/02
- Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el, Johan Bockgård, 2007/07/02
- Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el, Stefan Monnier, 2007/07/05
- Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el, Randal L. Schwartz, 2007/07/05
- Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el, Eli Zaretskii, 2007/07/06
- Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/06
- Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/07/09
- Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el,
Randal L. Schwartz <=
- Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/07/09
- Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el, Randal L. Schwartz, 2007/07/09
- Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/07/10
- Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el, Randal L. Schwartz, 2007/07/10
- Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el, Eli Zaretskii, 2007/07/10
- Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el, Stefan Monnier, 2007/07/10
- Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el, Randal L. Schwartz, 2007/07/10
- Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2007/07/10
- Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el, Stefan Monnier, 2007/07/10
- Re: [BUG] CVS HEAD "find-file-confirm-inexistent-file" in lisp/files.el, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/07/10