From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bruce Stephens Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs documentation: what's active voice, passive voice? Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 13:47:12 +0100 Message-ID: <87pqvrsasv.fsf@cenderis.demon.co.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291867974 5281 80.91.229.12 (9 Dec 2010 04:12:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 04:12:54 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 09 05:12:50 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQXs9-0004sm-6u for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:12:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42004 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQXs8-0001sZ-BS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:12:48 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!news2.euro.net!xlned.com!feeder3.xlned.com!feeder.news-service.com!cyclone02.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf01.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe13.ams2.POSTED!00000000!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp,gnu.emacs.help,comp.emacs User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:rgKG358LVFwy/2d8TOhrM+uVDKU= Original-Lines: 10 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.49.17.254 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net Original-X-Trace: newsfe13.ams2 1286110036 62.49.17.254 (Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:47:16 UTC) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:47:16 UTC Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu comp.lang.lisp:293071 gnu.emacs.help:181617 comp.emacs:100543 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:76618 Archived-At: Xah Lee writes: [...] > PS for those who got it wrong, don't feel bad. Few people on this > earth can get it right, and most of them mob toilets at McDonalds. > Just be happy that we all understand split infinitives, at least. Of course, as regularly mentioned on Language Log, splitting infinitives is (and always has been) fine in English.