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J. Day" Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: use "currently" for the present time Message-ID: <20200120215326.GE6570@camp.crustytoothpaste.net> Mail-Followup-To: "brian m. carlson" , "Robert P. J. Day" , git@vger.kernel.org References: <20200120212156.4109999-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="boT9Oj39GmgPxYhu" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Machine: Running on camp using GNU/Linux on x86_64 (Linux kernel 5.3.0-3-amd64) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org --boT9Oj39GmgPxYhu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2020-01-20 at 21:33:58, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Mon, 20 Jan 2020, brian m. carlson wrote: >=20 > > In many languages, the adverb with the root "actual" means "at the > > present time." However, this usage is considered dated or even archaic > > in English, and for referring to events occurring at the present time, > > we usually prefer "currently" or "presently". "Actually" is commonly > > used in modern English only for the meaning of "in fact" or to express a > > contrast with what is expected. >=20 > ... snip ... >=20 > as someone who is constantly being sheldon cooper-level pedantic, i > totally agree with this sentiment. As I mentioned, this is very minor and I can't imagine a native English speaker being confused by it, nor can I imagine a speaker of most European languages finding it confusing. It just stood out to me since I know Spanish and French and I thought, "Oh, someone was thinking in another language here." I've actually been sitting on this patch for a while because I thought it might be too minor to send, but I finally decided to do it as I was sending some other doc patches. --=20 brian m. carlson: Houston, Texas, US OpenPGP: https://keybase.io/bk2204 --boT9Oj39GmgPxYhu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.2.19 (GNU/Linux) iQIzBAABCgAdFiEEX8OngXdrJt+H9ww3v1NdgR9S9osFAl4mIVUACgkQv1NdgR9S 9otTCg/+Lv0ougJRyH5aor6Jt51J+R2+MV8PPiwZWiFL9f0r9Jg5sE2QBVL4JH/6 06YhbhBDHauAPGnnAuYZy7QHfvFMU9rqVUAJEavoZlMfCZRYNcoz5aKx6WcTsnSB XIYFIG6mtQuYmwCNGcfgl7Us7ErAMCTJUGzhotCyI+LV1ubgM5eXEnpwTt8Pux3E iiaV5BuaDY9DqDZm4EWMpRRrIswVHnAu5q+0qQR/2nhuOMmcl+4DPIymaCshn4IK hiJ75+tmoFpX5rHZmen4zfY9FpxFphQJ/S1JqlX5i+w7uYBxxd+9vSaEDX2DRcPb NT4FzRLbR0XuKln6swJl6UbZcvUhwJf9cj2lW/FTK+eqSMXjJ5ViB/F1S6jaa+GA Drxy6karbrV22Lr/yldLlXGZOye9rI8iqlEZrakj/giBaJSGljM4TUektY6puk7v Y5Xzw/QIjjtn989dvbWZnWu5oHfxBrxnDGLVetLjFniftYdxRVc6eFyg1wjms/wy 1VMICX6VfsndC92yi74DoGhf0/V/4PSbp0uKu3KS9MJZqaX3kpPmUl9wH5euzK56 RcAMzOtc4pjREbhyQi581VSSpUDjnUZkWr29sPlhifQjHLdoVFvUCoPXWeE90anr sYTKkZEOUuP6mSAW8QTm1DhvuWp5ih/Xh06qYSZRWzdXsOdTMsA= =3R5e -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --boT9Oj39GmgPxYhu--