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Re: [PATCH 1/2] doc: "Various Services" -> "Miscellaneous Services"
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John Darrington |
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Re: [PATCH 1/2] doc: "Various Services" -> "Miscellaneous Services" |
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Tue, 13 Sep 2016 14:18:20 +0200 |
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On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 01:28:01PM +0200, Ludovic Court??s wrote:
John Darrington <address@hidden> skribis:
> * doc/guix.texi (Services): "Various" -> "Miscellaneous"
How does the meaning of these two words differ? (I???m not a native
speaker, so I???m curious.)
It is a subtle nuance.
What I understand from "Various Services" is "A group of services which I chose
arbitrarily".
Wheras "Miscellaneous Services" means to me: "Services which don't fit into any
of the
hitherto mentioned categories".
Perhaps there is no formal difference, but "various" sounds odd to me in that
context.
I think that "miscellaneous" is more common in such use cases.
J'
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