Opened 16 years ago
Closed 16 years ago
#11501 closed (fixed)
Punctuation error
| Reported by: | pzero | Owned by: | nobody |
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| Component: | Documentation | Version: | 1.0 |
| Severity: | Keywords: | punctuation | |
| Cc: | Triage Stage: | Ready for checkin | |
| Has patch: | yes | Needs documentation: | no |
| Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
| Easy pickings: | no | UI/UX: | no |
Description
Tutorial Page 2:
The Django admin is powered by Django itself, and its interfaces use Django's own template system. (How meta!)
Should be:
The Django admin is powered by Django itself, and its interfaces use Django's own template system—how meta!
The em dash (—), or m dash, m-rule, etc., often demarcates a parenthetical thought—like this one—or some similar interpolation. Parentheses can be used, however it would be rare. If parentheses are applied correctly to the offending statement, it should look like this;
The Django admin is powered by Django itself, and its interfaces use Django's own template system (how meta!)
Attachments (1)
Change History (6)
comment:1 by , 16 years ago
| Keywords: | punctuation added; grammar removed |
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| Summary: | Grammatical error → Punctuation error |
comment:2 by , 16 years ago
| Component: | Uncategorized → Documentation |
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comment:3 by , 16 years ago
| Triage Stage: | Unreviewed → Accepted |
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by , 16 years ago
| Attachment: | 11501.diff added |
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comment:4 by , 16 years ago
| Has patch: | set |
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| Triage Stage: | Accepted → Ready for checkin |
comment:5 by , 16 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
(In [12191]) Fixed #11501 -- Removed 'How meta' from tutorial 2 to appease the grammar nazis