Re: GNU sed maintainers, please document GNU sed's "-E" option (which is now in POSIX)
Bruce Korb <[email protected]>
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On 10/14/13 11:53, David A. Wheeler wrote: > On Mon, 14 Oct 2013 10:26:13 -0700, Bruce Korb <[email protected]> wrote: >> "fewer backslashes" not "less backslashes", as long as you're fixing it. > > Fine by me. > > Do you want me to resubmit the patch? *I* would, but I'm not a sed maintainer. Just for non-native English speakers: If you put several fewer gallons of water into a tub, then you have less water in the tub. "fewer" is for stuff you can count, "less" for stuff you don't count. "backslashes" and "gallons" are countable.