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charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthAs: Internal X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthSource: AS8PR02MB7302.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Network-Message-Id: 37553fda-de87-43bd-b492-08d915594dcb X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 12 May 2021 15:19:15.0228 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: 33440fc6-b7c7-412c-bb73-0e70b0198d5a X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-mailboxtype: HOSTED X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-userprincipalname: CN0G+Mpq6OkhdMwALtrvgdtC32nfyUTqKqAr/8Ta7LVrN+mtXd0sEByzICIKGqakOqwaz/8csZ+kRqbfZugE2w== X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: AS8PR02MB6822 X-OriginatorOrg: atos.net Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Speaking as a native (British) English speaker I don't have the slightest p= roblem with the word "impact" being used in this context. Remember English is not one of those languages with an Academy or committee= that defines what is correct. It might be a different matter for non-native, or non-British speakers. I = suppose the question is whether this a matter of preference or comprehensib= ility. It seems to me to be the former. Regards, Richard. Ps. Sorry about top-posting. Not sure if I can get Outlook to do a nice s= et-up for anything else. -----Original Message----- From: Robert P. J. Day =20 Sent: 12 May 2021 12:45 To: Michal Such=E1nek Cc: Felipe Contreras ; Varun Varada ; git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: replace jargon word "impact" with "effect"/"affec= t" Caution! External email. Do not open attachments or click links, unless thi= s email comes from a known sender and you know the content is safe. On Wed, 12 May 2021, Michal Such=E1nek wrote: > On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 06:05:32AM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote: > > Michal Such=E1nek wrote: > > > On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 04:06:56AM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote: > > > > So... Can you answer my question? > > > > > > > > Do you have anything against the word "affect" in *any* instance? > > > > > > Yss, the Merriam-Webster dictionary also lists the meaning "to=20 > > > cause illness, symptoms, etc." > > > > I did not ask you if you could list one definition contrary to the=20 > > intended purpose of the word "affect". > > > > I asked you if you have something againt the word "affect". > > > > We can use your same logic to find one definition for the word "impact" > > contrary to your intended purpose. > > That's exactly the point you have been making, though. y'all realize that linus torvalds wrote an entire version control system = in less time than it's taken you to argue about what two words mean, right? rday