Re: [PATCH] Documentation/PCI: fix spelling mistake in boot-interrupts

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Sat Dec 23 2023 - 17:10:06 EST


Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On 12/23/23 10:44, attreyee-muk wrote:
>> Correct to “re-enabled” from “reenabled”.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Attreyee Mukherjee <tintinm2017@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Is "reenabled" confusing? I don't have a problem with it, but
> one web page [1] says that it's OK to use "re-" if not having
> the hyphen can be confusing.
>
> [1] https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/hyphens/hyphens-with-the-prefix-re/
>
> OTOH, some web sites say the "reenable" is OK, at least as an
> alternative spelling.

Either is probably fine; so I'm not quite sure why this is worth
changing?

Thanks,

jon