Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 11/6/24 10:30 PM, Abhinav Saxena wrote: >> Fix spelling of "focusses" to "focuses" to follow standard English usage. >> > > We accept British spellings. > > internet says: > "Both spellings are acceptable in American and British English." Ah. I should've checked contributing.rst[1] first. checkpatch.pl flagged it for me. I did not look more into it. Thanks for the detailed reply! [1] - Documentation/doc-guide/contributing.rst > > "Focused" is the past tense of the verb "focus" and can also be used as an adjective to mean clear. For example, "She had a focused approach in training". > The plural of the noun "focus" can be either "foci" or "focuses". > > FOCUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary > ), plural, 3rd person singular present tense focuses , focusing , past tense, past participle focused language note: The spellings... > Collins Dictionary > > Focussed vs Focused | Spelling, Explanation & Examples - QuillBot > Sep 10, 2024 — Published on September 10, 2024 by Trevor Marshall, MSc. Revised on October 29, 2024. Both focussed and focused are ac... > QuillBot > Spelling Tips: Focused or Focussed? | Australia's Best Writing Tips > May 7, 2020 — Summary: Focused or Focussed? 'Focused' and 'focussed' are two spellings of the same word: Focused (one 's') is the sta... > getproofed.com.au > > Show all > > " >> Checkpatch.pl reported this issue. >> >> Signed-off-by: Abhinav Saxena <xandfury@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> Documentation/mm/hwpoison.rst | 2 +- >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/mm/hwpoison.rst b/Documentation/mm/hwpoison.rst >> index 483b72aa7c11..dd02fae484dc 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/mm/hwpoison.rst >> +++ b/Documentation/mm/hwpoison.rst >> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ To quote the overview comment:: >> hardware as being corrupted usually due to a 2bit ECC memory or cache >> failure. >> >> - This focusses on pages detected as corrupted in the background. >> + This focuses on pages detected as corrupted in the background. >> When the current CPU tries to consume corruption the currently >> running process can just be killed directly instead. This implies >> that if the error cannot be handled for some reason it's safe to -- -- Abhinav Saxena
