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1. regcomp(3C) man page errors lasted for three versions?

I am doing some C programming in which I need to use the regexp stuff.  So,
I was consulting man pages, and noticed the following:

Here is a brief section cut and pasted from a SPARC running Solaris 2.5.1:

          regoff_t rm_so      Byte offset from start of string to
                              start of substring.
          regoff_t rm_eo      Byte offset from start of string of
                                                               ^^^ <--- should
                                                                        be "to"
                              the  first  character after the end
                              of substring.

As trained in suspecting myself first, and not being a native English
speaker, so I looked up the same thing man -s 3c regcomp on a Solaris 2.6
Ultra, and a Solaris 2.7 SPARC, and finally:

All the same.  I don't believe this.  After three versions of OS release
it says the same way.  This can't be correct.  It may sound nitty-picky,
but if it's incorrect, it's incorrect.

Anyone cares to confirm my suspicision?

If I (an non-English speaker) were to write the above, it would be:

          regoff_t rm_so      Byte offset from "the" start of "the parent"
                              string to "the" start of "the" substring.
          regoff_t rm_eo      Byte offset from "the" start of "the parent"
                              string "to" the first  character after the end
                              of "the" substring.

Poor grammar and writing style doesnt' convey confidence.

Thanks,

Chin Fang

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