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From:   Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To:     "Mark Rushakoff via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] Fix two documentation typos
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"Mark Rushakoff via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> I noticed a couple typos while reading through some manpages. 
>
> First was "...if it is does not..." which just contained an extraneous "is".

Thanks.

> Then I noticed a "can not" and updated that and other occurrences in
> Documentation to cannot. The glossary sentence with "can not" was
> "Consequently, an object can not be changed." To me, that reads like "it is

Hmph, I am not a native speaker, but I have to say that this is the
first time I heard that "I can not drive" to mean "I have a choice
of not driving (even though I am capable of driving)".