Nanako Shiraishi wrote: > Found during the lunch break by one of my students... Is overridable a word itself? While English is my native language, I wouldn't call myself an expert on its proper usage. ;) However, I can't find 'overridable' in several online dictionaries: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/overridable http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overridable http://www.google.com/dictionary?aq=f&langpair=en|en&q=overridable&hl=en http://dictionary.cambridge.org/results.asp?searchword=overridable&x=0&y=0 Perhaps using overridden would be more accurate? > Prune loose objects older than date (default is 2 weeks ago, > - overrideable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`). This > + overridable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`). This > option is on by default. Prune loose objects older than date (default is 2 weeks ago, - overrideable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`). This + which can be overridden by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`). This option is on by default. > - warn "feature $name is not overrideable"; > + warn "feature $name is not overridable"; and - warn "feature $name is not overrideable"; + warn "feature $name cannot be overridden"; ? -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I got stopped by a cop the other day. He said, "Why'd you run that stop sign?" I said, "Because I don't believe everything I read." -- Stephen Wright
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