[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] 369 fix word usage in installer

David O'Brien davido at redhat.com
Thu Feb 4 00:10:44 UTC 2010


Rob Crittenden wrote:
> Proper use of "set up" vs "setup".
> 
> rob
I don't know how pedantic you want to get in these messages, but:
1. "setup" is a noun
2. "set up" is a verb
3. "set-up" is a compound adjective

So, for
    print "on the computer (i.e. a non-root user).  The set up procedure"
If you're describing the procedure, this would appear as "The set-up 
procedure" in our documentation, same as you did for "server-specific 
operations". The other variants are correct.

/nit-pick

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