Opened 15 years ago

Closed 15 years ago

#11501 closed (fixed)

Punctuation error

Reported by: pzero Owned by: nobody
Component: Documentation Version: 1.0
Severity: Keywords: punctuation
Cc: Triage Stage: Ready for checkin
Has patch: yes Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description

Tutorial Page 2:

The Django admin is powered by Django itself, and its interfaces use Django's own template system. (How meta!)

Should be:

The Django admin is powered by Django itself, and its interfaces use Django's own template system—how meta!

The em dash (—), or m dash, m-rule, etc., often demarcates a parenthetical thought—like this one—or some similar interpolation. Parentheses can be used, however it would be rare. If parentheses are applied correctly to the offending statement, it should look like this;

The Django admin is powered by Django itself, and its interfaces use Django's own template system (how meta!)

Attachments (1)

11501.diff​ (566 bytes ) - added by Tim Graham 15 years ago.

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Change History (6)

comment:1 by pzero, 15 years ago

Keywords: punctuation added; grammar removed
Summary: Grammatical error → Punctuation error

comment:2 by anonymous, 15 years ago

Component: Uncategorized → Documentation

comment:3 by Alex Gaynor, 15 years ago

Triage Stage: Unreviewed → Accepted

by Tim Graham, 15 years ago

Attachment: 11501.diff​ added

comment:4 by Tim Graham, 15 years ago

Has patch: set
Triage Stage: Accepted → Ready for checkin

comment:5 by Adrian Holovaty, 15 years ago

Resolution: → fixed
Status: new → closed

(In [12191]) Fixed #11501 -- Removed 'How meta' from tutorial 2 to appease the grammar nazis

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