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#500 — "quasi" is not a noun
- bug_id:
500
- creation_ts:
2012-07-11 16:55:00 -0700
- short_desc:
"quasi" is not a noun
- delta_ts:
2014-07-20 20:36:13 -0700
- product:
Draft for 6th Edition
- component:
editorial issue
- version:
Rev 9: July 8, 2012 Draft
- rep_platform:
All
- op_sys:
All
- bug_status:
VERIFIED
- resolution:
FIXED
- priority:
Normal
- bug_severity:
enhancement
- everconfirmed:
true
- reporter:
Norbert
- assigned_to:
Allen Wirfs-Brock
- commentid:
1274
- comment_count:
0
- who:
Norbert
- bug_when:
2012-07-11 16:55:58 -0700
The spec draft uses "quasi" in several places as if it were a noun. In normal English usage, it isn't - it's normally used as a prefix meaning (according to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary) "seemingly" or "being partly or almost".
"Quasi-literal" could be a noun. There may be other quasi-things.
Occurrences found:
- 7.1
- 7.2
- 7.3
- 7.5
- 7.9 (within 7.8.6 ???)
- 11.1.9
- 11.2.6
- 15.5.3.4
- commentid:
1511
- comment_count:
1
- who:
Allen Wirfs-Brock
- bug_when:
2012-08-14 17:25:24 -0700
as per TD39 meeting, replaced "quasi" with "template string"
- commentid:
1650
- comment_count:
2
- who:
Allen Wirfs-Brock
- bug_when:
2012-09-28 12:24:00 -0700
fixed in rev10, Sept. 27 2012 draft
- commentid:
9424
- comment_count:
3
- who:
Norbert
- bug_when:
2014-07-20 20:36:13 -0700
Verified in rev 26 draft.