Re: FAQ 3.3

[Ben Goren <ben@trumpetpower.com>]

On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 10:02:46PM -0500, Marco Peereboom wrote:

> A little more nitpicking.
>
> In: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/queueing.html
> CBQ queues are arranged in an hierarchical manner. At the top of the
> hierarchy is the
>                            ^^
> Should be
> CBQ queues are arranged in a hierarchical manner. At the top of the
> hierarchy is the
>                            ^

Actually, ``an'' is formally  preferred over ``a'' when preceeding
a  word starting  with a  soft  ``h.'' You should  expect to  see,
``This is an historical  moment.'' Many consider this pedantic and
only use ``an'' before words starting  with a silent ``h'' such as
``hour.'' I'm  not one  of  those many. On  the  other hand,  both
_The_Chicago_Manual_of_Style_ and the American Heritage dictionary
prefer ``a.''

> In http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/filter.html:
> broadcast keywords. The resulting CIDR network (ie 192.168.0.0/24)
>                                                 ^^
> Should be:
> broadcast keywords. The resulting CIDR network (i.e. 192.168.0.0/24)
>                                                 ^^^^

I'll  grant  you  this  one, but  style  guides  are  increasingly
suggesting,  not  simply  permitting,   the  omission  of  periods
in  abbreviations. While  U. S. A.  is  the most  correct  way  of
abbreviating  the uber-superpower's  name,  nearly everybody  uses
USA.

Cheers,

b&

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