Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> I recall someone on IRC who thought "meant" was written "mean't", and when
> I told him it didn't have an apostrophe he was seriously surprised (he had
> always written it that way).

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[19:02:48] <PovAddict> Cecen: it doesn't matter if it modifies the iterator;
what matters is if it modifies the data pointed to by the iterator
[19:02:55] <Cecen> Er, that's what I mean't.
[19:02:59] <Cecen> I was thinking that after I typed it
[...]
[19:07:28] <Eelis> i think that last trivia just said "don't try
initializing anything that doesn't belong to you in your ctor-initializer!"
[19:07:30]  * Cecen waits for someone to confirm.
[19:07:41] <Cecen> That's what I thought it mean't, too!
[19:08:09] <PovAddict> Cecen: meant doesn't have an apostrophe
[19:08:19] <Cecen> It doesn't?
[19:08:24] <Cecen> So it doesn't.
[19:08:27] <Cecen> Or does it?
[19:08:28] <PovAddict> it doesn't stand for "mean not"
[19:08:35] <PovAddict> or "mea not"
[19:08:42] <Cecen> Ah true, doesn't stand for that
[19:08:49] <rioch> the verb is mean, meant, meant
[19:08:52] <rioch> ;)
[19:09:08] <Cecen> None of my English teachers have picked that up :(

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