Verbal bits from the Debian Project Leader

Posted Jun 10, 2010 20:12 UTC (Thu) by BenHutchings (subscriber, #37955)
Parent article: Verbal bits from the Debian Project Leader

"... even down to the firmware anymore."

This is ungrammatical and I'm not sure quite what it was supposed to say. I assume you meant to refer to the fact that all non-free firmware has been removed from the kernel. (It is mostly still available, but in separate packages in the non-free section.)

Verbal bits from the Debian Project Leader

Posted Jun 10, 2010 20:35 UTC (Thu) by aliguori (subscriber, #30636) [Link]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_anymore

In other words, even the firmware shipped in Debian is free software these days.

Verbal bits from the Debian Project Leader

Posted Jun 10, 2010 20:40 UTC (Thu) by freebird (guest, #43129) [Link]

For 'anymore' read 'lately' or 'nowadays'.
I have no idea how it crept into the language.

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/anymore.html

http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000187.htm

Hmph

Posted Jun 10, 2010 21:27 UTC (Thu) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] (2 responses)

You try writing a coherent article shortly after a transoceanic trip and we'll see how "grammatical" you are...:)

Hmph

Posted Jun 11, 2010 7:05 UTC (Fri) by nikanth (guest, #50093) [Link] (1 responses)

I propose the above comment for quotes of the week section. :)

Hmph

Posted Jun 17, 2010 15:16 UTC (Thu) by a9db0 (subscriber, #2181) [Link]

I'll Second!