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Doc Bug #38999 unknown word
Submitted: 2006-09-30 05:07 UTC Modified: 2006-09-30 18:20 UTC
From: ammacdon at yahoo dot com Assigned: sean (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
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 [2006-09-30 05:07 UTC] ammacdon at yahoo dot com 
Description:
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bad grammar and a made-up word

Reproduce code:
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http://us3.php.net/preg_replace

"If there are less keys in the replacement array than in the pattern array, the excedent patterns will be replaced by an empty string."

this sentence does not parse; proper english requires "fewer" instead of "less". also, i was unable to find a definition to the word(?) "excedent" in the Oxford American Dictionary. as such, i do not understand what the sentence means. what are "excedent patterns?"

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 [2006-09-30 18:20 UTC] sean@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.
 
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