[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] typo in site documentation

[Diego Biurrun]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 12:56:03PM -0400, Gary Corcoran wrote:
> Alexander Strange wrote:
> > On Jun 18, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Michel Bardiaux wrote:
> >>
> >> I dont thinl Alexander meant "First off" too was correct.
> > 
> > Looks okay to me.
> > 
> >>> --- src/bugreports	(revision 84)
> >>> +++ src/bugreports	(working copy)
> >>> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
> >>>
> >>>  <p>
> >>>
> >>> -First off, please remember that all the developer working on FFmpeg are
> >>> +First off, please remember that all the developers working on FFmpeg are
> 
> The original change was correct: "First off," should be "First of all,".

AFAIK both are correct English usage with slightly different meanings.
"First of all" I would think has a connotation of "most importantly",
while "first off" sounds more like "before talking about anything else".

Diego