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The FAQ is guilty of egregious and annoying use of the word "simply,"

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i.e.:

"Simply use this command" is vaguely patronizing, especially when the
command is a Perl regex with a few obscure (to new users) command-line
options attached.  "Use this command" answers the question, and
doesn't imply that you should know this already.

In most cases, when you begin a sentence with the word "simply" you
shouldn't.  Simply begin your sentence with the second word instead.
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@ -6649,7 +6649,7 @@ options SYSVMSG # enable for messaging</programlisting>
do I do?</para>
</question><answer>
<para>Do not panic! Simply restart the system, type
<para>Do not panic! Restart the system, type
<userinput>boot -s</userinput> at the Boot: prompt (just
<userinput>-s</userinput> for FreeBSD releases before 3.2) to
enter Single User mode. At the question about the shell to use,
@ -6691,7 +6691,7 @@ options SYSVMSG # enable for messaging</programlisting>
<answer>
<para>Simply use this perl command:</para>
<para>Use this perl command:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>perl -i.bak -npe 's/\r\n/\n/g' file ...</userinput></screen>