From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Rostislav Svoboda <rostislav.svoboda@gmail.com>
Cc: acm@muc.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: To non-native English writers: expunging the solecism "This allows to do something."
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:46:36 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1aOEFo-0002VU-II@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEtmmezA_vcWfRhhAVTy575t1EpbieeG3vkX5UhJaVmX8A=q9g@mail.gmail.com> (message from Rostislav Svoboda on Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:55:30 +0100)
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> It's just like English has some quirks. Your part of this planet find
> them important, mine does not.
We consider them important. Not only that, but many readers will find
the text easier to read if the standard rules are followed. We are
not going to abandon these style rules, just as we will not abandon
the GNU coding style.
Please follow these rules when writing text for inclusion in GNU
programs.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org)
Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-27 0:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-24 21:06 To non-native English writers: expunging the solecism "This allows to do something." Alan Mackenzie
2016-01-24 22:20 ` Marcin Borkowski
2016-01-24 22:54 ` Stephen Berman
2016-01-25 12:51 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-01-25 14:03 ` Phillip Lord
2016-01-25 14:25 ` Stephen Berman
2016-01-25 15:35 ` Richard Stallman
2016-01-25 20:10 ` Stephen Berman
2016-01-25 2:41 ` Drew Adams
2016-01-25 15:13 ` Rostislav Svoboda
2016-01-25 15:16 ` Rostislav Svoboda
2016-01-25 16:18 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-01-25 19:47 ` Michael Albinus
2016-01-25 16:41 ` Paul Eggert
2016-01-26 9:37 ` Richard Stallman
2016-01-25 15:35 ` Richard Stallman
2016-01-25 16:55 ` Rostislav Svoboda
2016-01-26 5:27 ` Yuri Khan
2016-01-26 9:37 ` Richard Stallman
2016-01-26 10:55 ` Rostislav Svoboda
2016-01-27 0:46 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2016-01-25 23:14 ` Mathieu Lirzin
2016-01-26 3:07 ` Xue Fuqiao
2016-01-27 0:48 ` Richard Stallman
2016-01-27 11:06 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-01-27 16:31 ` Mathieu Lirzin
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