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

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On 11/18/22 07:36, Alan Stern wrote:
> 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"?
> 

Hi Alan,
Sure, I can do it that way.
Thanks.

> 
>>          - 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.
>>  

-- 
~Randy



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