[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [PATCH] spelling fixes (PR#1526)

[Greg Wooledge <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Reinier Post (rp@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 07:39:16AM -0700, Thanasis Kinias wrote:
> > If you're patching, I would recommend following the usage of the Chicago
> > Manual of Style, which is 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, etc.
> Interesting.  I don't think I've ever seen this in print.

I've never seen it before in my life, and I'm a native English speaker.


Thanasis Kinias (tkinias@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Formal writing is a very, very small proportion of the content on the
> Web.

Freeciv is not meant to conform to the rules of formal writing.  It's a
game, and it's meant to be approachable by the widest possible audience
(within reason).

If you use "1st" and "2d", people are going to think the latter is a typo.
"2d" is not the common English usage in any country I'm aware of.  It
will cause confusion.

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