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Re: [PATCH] Conform to O'Reilly style guide

From: <rbb_at_rkbloom.net>
Date: 2003-03-14 20:23:04 CET

On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Michael Price wrote:

> Paul Lussier writes:
> > Larry Shatzer said:
> > > I noticed you left off the fileserver to file server fix. Was this
> > > on purpose?
> > >
> > > In any case, here that is again, in case, plus a few more (can not
> > > to cannot, file name as filename, and it's Emacs, not emacs, at
> > > least in the style guide).
> >
> > If it's 'file server' why is it 'filename'?
>
> http://www.oreilly.com/oreilly/author/stylesheet.html#F
>
> *shrug* Ask O'Reilly.
>
> > As for 'can not' vs. 'cannot' my prefererence is for the former vs.
> > the latter, but either is acceptable according to Webster's :)
>
> http://www.oreilly.com/oreilly/author/stylesheet.html#C

For completeness, I researched the differences between cannot and can not
when I was writing by book. I had a more definition URL at the time, but
this says the same thing.

http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/archives/9504/techwhirl-9504-00292.html

Basically, cannot is almost always preferred unless you are trying to
stress the _not_ as in: "You can run, but you can not hide." And, if you
are using "can not only", then it should be three words, not two.

Ryan

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