On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:02 AM,  <sobtw...@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> Package: manpages
> Version: 3.21-1
> Severity: normal
>
> Quoting environ.7 BUGS, 1st paragraph:
>
>    Clearly  there  is  a security risk here.  Many a system command has
>
> Isn't `Many a system' bad English?

No.  That's okay English.  Just another way of saying "Many systems",
though "many a system" is a little archaic as a construction.

Cheers,

Michael


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Michael Kerrisk
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