[svnbook commit] r3217 - trunk/src/en/book

C. Michael Pilato cmpilato at red-bean.com
Mon Jul 28 22:23:05 CDT 2008


Blair Zajac wrote:
> cmpilato wrote:
>> Author: cmpilato
>> Date: Mon Jul 28 21:34:04 2008
>> New Revision: 3217
>>
>> Log:
>> Enter more O'Reilly second-round copyedits.
>>
>> Modified:
>>    trunk/src/en/book/ch05-repository-admin.xml
>>
>> Modified: trunk/src/en/book/ch05-repository-admin.xml
>> ============================================================================== 
>>
>> --- trunk/src/en/book/ch05-repository-admin.xml    (original)
>> +++ trunk/src/en/book/ch05-repository-admin.xml    Mon Jul 28 21:34:04 
>> 2008
>> @@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
>>  
>>        <para>Before creating your Subversion repository, an obvious
>>          question you'll need to answer is where the thing is going to
>> -        live.  This is strongly connected to a myriad of other
>> +        live.  This is strongly connected to myriad other
> 
> That's correct without the 'a'?  Sure sounds odd with out it.  What 
> grammar rule says to drop it?

Apparently you can use it both ways:

    There are a myriad of stars in the sky.
    There are myriad stars in the sky.

(See http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/myriad, e.g.)

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  been found difficult; and left untried."  -- G. K. Chesterton




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