From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> To: "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> Cc: Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org, emilyshaffer@google.com, martin.agren@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] gitfaq: cleanup gitfaq.txt Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 20:15:08 -0700 [thread overview] Message-ID: <xmqqtv1wt29v.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <20200407010709.GK6369@camp.crustytoothpaste.net> (brian m. carlson's message of "Tue, 7 Apr 2020 01:07:09 +0000") "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes: > I'm fine with or without this change. I think the original is clear to > a native English speaker, but if we think it will be easier to parse or > harder to misread with "made", then I'm in favor of the change. I, of > course, cannot speak for how either one reads to a non-native speaker. I am not a native, but if I were writing it I would probably have written without the "made", so I guess I am in slight favor of not changing this part. > I'm not sure it's fair to categorize it as a "grammatical mistake", > though. The patch certainly is an attempt to make the text better, but I agree that the patch does not correct any "mistake". Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-04-07 3:15 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2020-04-06 18:12 [PATCH 0/2] Add more issues in gitfaq Shourya Shukla 2020-04-06 18:12 ` [PATCH 1/2] gitfaq: cleanup gitfaq.txt Shourya Shukla 2020-04-06 19:06 ` Junio C Hamano 2020-04-06 23:46 ` Junio C Hamano 2020-04-07 1:07 ` brian m. carlson 2020-04-07 3:15 ` Junio C Hamano [this message] 2020-04-08 18:22 ` Pratyush Yadav 2020-04-10 18:29 ` Junio C Hamano 2020-04-06 18:12 ` [PATCH 2/2] gitfaq: append the 'Common Issues' section Shourya Shukla 2020-04-06 19:28 ` Junio C Hamano
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