From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: To non-native English writers: expunging the solecism "This allows to do something." Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 18:41:25 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <20160124210602.GA7711@acm.fritz.box> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1453689713 19323 80.91.229.3 (25 Jan 2016 02:41:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 02:41:53 +0000 (UTC) To: Alan Mackenzie , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 25 03:41:40 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 1aNX64-0005x1-GH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 03:41:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34279 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aNX60-0007gN-Ew for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2016 21:41:36 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35276) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aNX5x-0007g8-Bd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2016 21:41:33 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aNX5u-0000Ml-5R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2016 21:41:33 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:49098) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aNX5t-0000Mh-Sc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2016 21:41:30 -0500 Original-Received: from aserv0022.oracle.com (aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u0P2fSPQ029464 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 25 Jan 2016 02:41:29 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by aserv0022.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u0P2fSb9007380 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Mon, 25 Jan 2016 02:41:28 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0012.oracle.com (abhmp0012.oracle.com [141.146.116.18]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u0P2fRTC016574; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 02:41:27 GMT In-Reply-To: <20160124210602.GA7711@acm.fritz.box> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 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:198745 Archived-At: > "This allows YOU to do something." > "This allows EMACS to do something." Also: "This lets you do something." =20 > "This allows SOMETHING to be done." Also: "This lets SOMETHING be done."