small grammar patch
Andreas Ericsson
ae at op5.se
Fri Aug 12 02:13:42 CEST 2005
jeff vier wrote:
> minor grammar edit in cgi.c.
>
> "Whence" means "from where".
> So, "Return from whence you came." is silly ('from from'?).
>
It's actually correct as it is. Whence is just "when" but used in the 3
spatial dimensions rather than the linear one (time). All according to
the little dictionary applet RedHat decided to install on my laptop
along with the actually useful stuff.
O, how unlike the place from whence they fell?
--Milton.
1913 Webster
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Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson at op5.se
OP5 AB www.op5.se
Lead Developer
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