Re: emacs-30 baaf97ce1a1: ; Fix some ungrammatical uses of "allows to"

[Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>]

Hello,

On Fri 30 Aug 2024 at 06:14pm GMT, Alan Mackenzie wrote:

> No, Eli, as a native English speaker, I can definitively say "allows to"
> is wrong.  It's a fairly subtle point, but instantly marks its writer as
> a non-native speaker.

I think you could have written this message with a kinder tone, Alan,
given, as you acknowledge, it's a subtle point for people to have to
learn.

Anyway, it does indeed mark out writing as coming from a non-native user
of English.  You see it relatively commonly in software contexts,
probably because lots of programmers are not native English speakers.

-- 
Sean Whitton