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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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Subject: Re: NEWS.22: `allows' without an object
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> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 04:48:50 -0400
> Cc: bob@rattlesnake.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> In the specific case of "allow" and "enable", I know I'm not alone ;-)

"Enable" is almost always wrong in such contexts, so it is better to
avoid that word altogether.