From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_EF,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from sourceware.org (server1.sourceware.org [209.132.180.131]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E8FEA1F453 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:37:34 +0000 (UTC) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=WzO6U2nwWbAjUtSN w7sndfKeyvNu+POTf2rnpt0UWJs/IRIUyoxqqF6TN1yuHFWpWYjQ7eGYaH9nURSE DD8Kf54PREhscxCOr1k+nYnTSH4RZtsFvf36Rou/xLfqy6TLWLLrgZzx9RsWtof0 1hNttc3aYGlN5n6U1vQ4pox1MUA= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=R97lWmdAou2BP+pT5EiND3 yNYr0=; b=bKobPkTfPzV4SDglvNkBDV8FYlD132ZTh6QxaRbWO9XiDrTBi0JLNC pLLYUocgHx4tZmKSXKgQLZvxlQ2ofPYKz6LKGqvekUUW6wfw8FHbvzVAHqiRg3n2 UjLxRHz1bEeyhu+bTgAjjM3blzC3vD8i1yqndGyhlwxa4uif+tUuU= Received: (qmail 49233 invoked by alias); 23 Jan 2019 17:37:31 -0000 Mailing-List: contact libc-alpha-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: libc-alpha-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 49219 invoked by uid 89); 23 Jan 2019 17:37:31 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-HELO: mail-qt1-f179.google.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] manual: Fix the wording to "alternative" rather than "alternate" To: TAMUKI Shoichi , libc-alpha@sourceware.org References: <201901170634.AA04186@tamuki.linet.gr.jp> From: Carlos O'Donell Openpgp: preference=signencrypt Message-ID: <71b3a5d8-2f1c-0ea7-fe21-4e2359c4f261@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:37:25 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <201901170634.AA04186@tamuki.linet.gr.jp> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 1/17/19 1:34 AM, TAMUKI Shoichi wrote: > ChangeLog: > > * manual/time.texi (strftime): Fix the wording to "alternative" rather > than "alternate". The crystal clear difference between alterate and alternative is somewhat lost in modern English. In the use below we see "alternate" as an adjective of the "representation" and so can mean "taking the place of." Like "I am the alternate steward if Joseph Myers is away." I think the original use of alternate is correct. > --- > manual/time.texi | 6 +++--- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/manual/time.texi b/manual/time.texi > index 9e981314876..fd7781c5317 100644 > --- a/manual/time.texi > +++ b/manual/time.texi > @@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ POSIX.2-1992 and by @w{ISO C99}, are: > > @table @code > @item E > -Use the locale's alternate representation for date and time. This > +Use the locale's alternative representation for date and time. This > modifier applies to the @code{%c}, @code{%C}, @code{%x}, @code{%X}, > @code{%y} and @code{%Y} format specifiers. In a Japanese locale, for > example, @code{%Ex} might yield a date format based on the Japanese > @@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ Emperors' reigns. > > @item O > With all format specifiers that produce numbers: use the locale's > -alternate numeric symbols. > +alternative numeric symbols. > > With @code{%B}, @code{%b}, and @code{%h}: use the grammatical form for > month names that is appropriate when the month is named by itself, > @@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ rather than the form that is appropriate when the month is used as > part of a complete date. This is a GNU extension. > @end table > > -If the format supports the modifier but no alternate representation > +If the format supports the modifier but no alternative representation > is available, it is ignored. > > The conversion specifier ends with a format specifier taken from the > -- Cheers, Carlos.