Re: [PATCH] Documentation: USB: correct possessive "its" usage

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On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 07:43:31PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Correct uses of "it's" to possessive "its" as needed.
> Correct associated grammar in one location.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  Documentation/usb/CREDITS          |    4 ++--
>  Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst   |    2 +-
>  Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.rst |    2 +-
>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff -- a/Documentation/usb/CREDITS b/Documentation/usb/CREDITS
> --- a/Documentation/usb/CREDITS
> +++ b/Documentation/usb/CREDITS
> @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ THANKS file in Inaky's driver):
>          - Jochen Karrer <karrer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, for
>            pointing out mortal bugs and giving advice.
>  
> -        - Edmund Humemberger <ed@xxxxxxxx>, for it's great work on
> +        - Edmund Humemberger <ed@xxxxxxxx>, for its great work on
>            public relationships and general management stuff for the
>            Linux-USB effort.
>  
> @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ THANKS file in Inaky's driver):
>          - Ric Klaren <ia_ric@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> for doing nice
>            introductory documents (competing with Alberto's :).
>  
> -        - Christian Groessler <cpg@xxxxxxxxxx>, for it's help on those
> +        - Christian Groessler <cpg@xxxxxxxxxx>, for its help on those
>            itchy bits ... :)
>  

Shouldn't this pronoun and the one above really be "his" rather than 
either "it's" or "its"?

Alan Stern

>          - Paul MacKerras for polishing OHCI and pushing me harder for
> diff -- a/Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst b/Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst
> --- a/Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst
> @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ level it would look like this::
>    $ ( cd /dev/ffs-hid && hid-daemon ) &
>  
>  On kernel level the gadget checks ffs_data->dev_name to identify
> -whether it's FunctionFS designed for MTP ("mtp") or HID ("hid").
> +whether its FunctionFS is designed for MTP ("mtp") or HID ("hid").
>  
>  If no "functions" module parameters is supplied, the driver accepts
>  just one function with any name.
> diff -- a/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.rst b/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.rst
> --- a/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.rst
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ The Multifunction Composite Gadget (or g
>  that makes extensive use of the composite framework to provide
>  a... multifunction gadget.
>  
> -In it's standard configuration it provides a single USB configuration
> +In its standard configuration it provides a single USB configuration
>  with RNDIS[1] (that is Ethernet), USB CDC[2] ACM (that is serial) and
>  USB Mass Storage functions.
>  



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