From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Xue Fuqiao Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: To non-native English writers: expunging the solecism "This allows to do something." Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:07:03 +0800 Message-ID: References: <20160124210602.GA7711@acm.fritz.box> <87twm12qvh.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1453777636 10031 80.91.229.3 (26 Jan 2016 03:07:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 03:07:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Alan Mackenzie , Richard Stallman , Emacs-devel To: Mathieu Lirzin Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 26 04:07:14 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aNtyL-0006pZ-2B for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 04:07:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41630 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aNtyG-0007eD-Tx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 22:07:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51580) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aNtyD-0007e1-LF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 22:07:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aNtyC-0004Cn-MM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 22:07:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-io0-x229.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c06::229]:35316) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aNtyC-0004Cj-Hg; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 22:07:04 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-io0-x229.google.com with SMTP id 77so172712873ioc.2; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:07:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=5AqgWUOMXR5D0RnsCLKeG+5mB7/gOzzVtJa+DuLYIlU=; b=cPiAl9DvtCn3D3S5A86T8dcsafD7PnaWHHXjFqI/1BoD5oXpPMaClHOypn90kaIrUE 7bkvGp7r46cxs1mAAdztNtu46TVnZyp4gaq1/ozdmb/1TQ1yC4g6+rwkYhymwAdIFkxl z6ydvO8M1bbT56CMRekG2MV9LBvbGwusIZ3hMDehGPa00SnwzRlzwS3hVmHJFsD8eJih 6yp1wPZ/HEc6Ue9pLZbGN1BiSlGop5RU8M/zSBTEXH8eGn1c472jW9IrVe1sBe+OPvbW 6v1tykicZi7p1gg78rcoQgB0YCQo++XNVpfK0R8Ab1zKXitq5/V9rqxXMNOI+/puI6q8 p3kg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=5AqgWUOMXR5D0RnsCLKeG+5mB7/gOzzVtJa+DuLYIlU=; b=EGogaB05SifKUrYB0leYEqbHuyQQk09Gzr/33xeETPT5tKiCChfloZNWaLnexFFfc6 MzB87gCC/boz5iuPB5SErXcTzl5tWtkNVVOZ/pXQkCnJAVtDpm3AVs3SStxQQYlUVYOp 8ATzeL5ZEiqkDmGwrPW7h9LTktY9FRbZCTlUOUL5iL8/wbTU1gSYUpgoRC/nLUZXXG7A 6jBfe4WtGqyH900SCkAtusfQdd5rSFPY7kDoNltmAztOWGoZw15PLIK/tLjrG3b95ZQ+ pN1ydf/doZ1vs+aj063AE/gcAyHvraWU2leV9v3tMjuDWlPoBeHmQ8lXcd0ZMeU4J3ge ieTA== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOQbv3Emigz4dRyns1xjFYZoOtfsz25YOVgs40Jf068jt7PNaqczuz5oYlmpKfcv57/UUws84UCCzqwE3g== X-Received: by 10.107.11.68 with SMTP id v65mr19666166ioi.188.1453777623860; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:07:03 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.79.30.131 with HTTP; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:07:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87twm12qvh.fsf@gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c06::229 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:198828 Archived-At: On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 7:14 AM, Mathieu Lirzin wrote: > > What about creating some documentation about common english mistakes to > avoid, instead of urging people to not make them? Sounds like a good idea. Maybe they can be added to admin/notes/documentation. BTW, GCC also has some conventions of spelling and terminology: https://gcc.gnu.org/codingconventions.html#Spelling