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0003566Dwarf FortressTypos/Grammarpublic2010-11-12 16:082010-11-15 03:04
ReporterGorobay 
Assigned ToToady One 
PrioritynormalSeveritytextReproducibilityalways
StatusresolvedResolutionfixed 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.31.17 
Target VersionFixed in Version0.31.18 
Summary0003566: typo in Technical manual page
DescriptionTO BACKUP SAVES:

"BACK UP" is two words.
Steps To ReproduceThe Manual (?) > Technical
Additional InformationIt is spelled correctly a few lines later: "Please *DO* back up saves."
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-11-12 16:08GorobayNew Issue
2010-11-12 16:57Logical2uNote Added: 0013726
2010-11-13 05:03GorobayNote Added: 0013747
2010-11-15 03:04Toady OneStatusnew => resolved
2010-11-15 03:04Toady OneFixed in Version => 0.31.18
2010-11-15 03:04Toady OneResolutionopen => fixed
2010-11-15 03:04Toady OneAssigned To => Toady One

Notes
(0013726)
Logical2u   
2010-11-12 16:57   
Actually either back up or backup are appropriate in this context I believe.
(0013747)
Gorobay   
2010-11-13 05:03   
Phrasal verbs, such as this, are written as two words. "Backup" is the noun form.

If "backup" is a verb, does it look natural to write "backsup", "backedup", or "backingup"? Or do you say "backups", "backupped", and "backupping"? You can say either "back up the save" or "back the save up", implying it is two words. Furthermore, you can say "back it up" but not "back up it", so in some cases the words must be separated.

Finally, Toady himself also uses the two-word form, and being inconsistent is worse than being wrong.