On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 03:21:56AM +0100, Larry Hynes wrote: > This is a minor quibble, and possibly a purely personal one, but > 'priorly' is not really in common usage. > > Index: smtpd.conf.5 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/smtpd/smtpd.conf.5,v > retrieving revision 1.127 > diff -u -p -r1.127 smtpd.conf.5 > --- smtpd.conf.5 11 Aug 2015 21:57:24 -0000 1.127 > +++ smtpd.conf.5 13 Aug 2015 02:13:00 -0000 > @@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ able to establish an SMTP session. > .Ic secure > may be specified to provide both STARTTLS and SMTPS services. > Host certificates may be used for these connections, > -and must be priorly declared using the pki directive. > +and must be declared beforehand using the pki directive. > If > .Ic pki > is specified, >
hmm. it's hard to gauge whether something is or is not in common usage in general. not in common usage for yourself, i'd suggest. i don;t know, but i'd guess that you're probably right that this form is less in use nowadays. it's not in my learner's dictionary (compiled according to word frequency). it is in oed marked as late 18th century origin. but whether to change it? - it's clear, as far as i'm concerned. - even if you've never heard the term, you'll understand it if you know "prior". - why demote words just because they're less in use? i say let author's prerogative stand (by which i mean i don;t plan to change this). jmc
