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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2014-01-01 16:23:27 +1300
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2014-01-02 11:49:16 +1300
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uselib.2, getfsent.3, regex.3, nsswitch.conf.5, inotify.7, man-pages.7, symlink.7: Replace uses of "e.g." in main text with "for example" or similar
Usual man-pages style is to use "e.g." only within parenthetical expressions. Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ Trailing backslash.
Un-matched parenthesis group operators.
.TP
.B REG_ERANGE
-Invalid use of the range operator, e.g., the ending point of the range
+Invalid use of the range operator; for example, the ending point of the range
occurs prior to the starting point.
.TP
.B REG_ESIZE