Re: filesystem or file system?

[Lee Hunter <lee -dot- hunter -at- hum -dot- com>]

Bruce Byfield wrote:

> At any event, in talking about spelling, "correct" is a concept that 
has very limited relevance. Writers should be more concerned about what 
the audience expects.



The problem is that an audience is made up of individuals. Is a spelling 
right just because a majority uses it? What happens when
members of the minority, users who may very well be more literate and 
sophisticated, recognize it as incorrect?

And even if "filesystem" was far more common, I think it could be argued 
that "file system" is easier for anyone to read. This can be especially 
true for ESL readers who may lack the intuitive sense of where to break 
a compound word.
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