From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
To: Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 51930@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org, drew.adams@oracle.com
Subject: bug#51930: 27.2; Buffer-local functions? Buffers specified buffer-locally?
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 23:21:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmmNAzSwDYQaS2dY0xsM7fD80N6WS0d=3fnOky0mffq+ZA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7110e0330e878c144a6364a8e6ad651c@webmail.orcon.net.nz>
Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz> writes:
> I personally disagree that the double passive tense is bad here,
> but here's another alternative:
That alternative is indeed less clear than what you had before.
"Never use the passive where you can use the active."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
—George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," April 1946
Note the qualifier.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-21 6:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-17 21:51 bug#51930: 27.2; Buffer-local functions? Buffers specified buffer-locally? Drew Adams
2021-11-18 8:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-18 9:42 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-18 11:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-18 17:12 ` bug#51930: [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-09-20 15:23 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-20 15:58 ` Drew Adams
2022-09-20 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-20 16:37 ` Drew Adams
2022-09-20 16:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-20 18:11 ` Drew Adams
2022-09-21 0:13 ` Phil Sainty
2022-09-21 1:27 ` Drew Adams
2022-09-21 2:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-21 4:05 ` Phil Sainty
2022-09-21 6:21 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2022-09-22 3:11 ` Richard Stallman
2022-09-22 6:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
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