From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: To non-native English writers: expunging the solecism "This allows to do something." Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:46:36 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20160124210602.GA7711@acm.fritz.box> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1453855620 31826 80.91.229.3 (27 Jan 2016 00:47:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:47:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: acm@muc.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Rostislav Svoboda Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 27 01:46:55 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 1aOEG6-0003Ve-46 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Jan 2016 01:46:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47588 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aOEG5-0007aX-LZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:46:53 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56603) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aOEFu-0007O1-OW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:46:43 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aOEFt-0004Lc-UV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:46:42 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:46287) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aOEFp-0004Iq-A0; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:46:37 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aOEFo-0002VU-II; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:46:36 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Rostislav Svoboda on Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:55:30 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:198892 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > 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.