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Re: [PATCH 1/2] doc: "Various Services" -> "Miscellaneous Services"
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Leo Famulari |
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Re: [PATCH 1/2] doc: "Various Services" -> "Miscellaneous Services" |
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Tue, 13 Sep 2016 13:10:44 -0400 |
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On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 02:18:20PM +0200, John Darrington wrote:
> 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.
I don't find this use of "various" to be confusing or strange, but
"miscellaneous" is more idiomatic in this context.
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