From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rostislav Svoboda Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: To non-native English writers: expunging the solecism "This allows to do something." Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:55:30 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20160124210602.GA7711@acm.fritz.box> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1453805784 25680 80.91.229.3 (26 Jan 2016 10:56:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:56:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Alan Mackenzie , "emacs-devel@gnu.org Development" To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 26 11:56:23 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 1aO1II-0007Su-Ge for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:56:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43068 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aO1IH-0005Hw-JT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 05:56:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45236) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aO1ID-0005FL-Lr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 05:56:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aO1IC-0002nJ-P4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 05:56:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-vk0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c05::230]:34663) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aO1IA-0002mU-VX; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 05:56:11 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-vk0-x230.google.com with SMTP id e185so89172478vkb.1; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 02:56:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=HyLefGANiKqk0qRhkxE/Vbx0KRrZ7YwCcm1sk5Wjg4g=; b=SBK++12oFW4HLyl0OLulXg2RBZkGqTvQWBi/CkrBTBwIWTU5PW+au0I2GUdrdGCSNK z2OaX/wqxr877UxLL1v5mFA9DXV7wSPreOAFQVvjP8kFImNPAPb3YBHiTEbhIFn5ryoj uVkb+274geeZt2RRSaW1FZM8ZJXQNm8dWaSzFp15HOBtYDfp8Fw8c3azNu8LyEfT1ISP wbWSigP6jG6py9AG2u80/KJx8abHWZWLXNZ/mBsXP4eSHFU5L/1FL74vn8S1V9Rv8PZv gArsEpqBplC20aeQztBOTYAnaOPsscj62B3vSdZaNdt8wKajJfcWYIBF93bF8sCQZPRT BJDg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=HyLefGANiKqk0qRhkxE/Vbx0KRrZ7YwCcm1sk5Wjg4g=; b=UpdBsZbQfk1vqejEazNyxx60nXTnsZECvWET245RV6+WC0Eu//8jvxNUO2lwjUBb4n jSLig+E+VLG2AsoMrcwYp2b+HW9r/x9qT3H5hu4Qjnk7u2fdfyRw3pphcOOPIE3DxwJl Kb4zgVk/mx7qes3qh+hyKFkEYbU/y5sM1ys0nQwOLjNs2gl6BUXVrNRxCYFjerhJ6/Ci NOY2dMlisD2kz1r8/pZrJj+qUEoZZKw57eqa63zKPM+lhoA/cSt7r/A7i/zW/a7EilKi 1T9Wjs4YtE0/r9qDdY7iSZR7JGspb6MztA791BTz+R6heU3tPJGs4IqcxBb9n29fZjmr /vXg== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YORDQ4NUzDoaJC+UOEwnohqpBx9QwF1mjO1mX5OOu7GlaA8XeMQFCh3ulZrY1gIS1dSX9D1SIcstrKKyxQ== X-Received: by 10.31.49.207 with SMTP id x198mr14307151vkx.1.1453805770411; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 02:56:10 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.31.86.199 with HTTP; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 02:55:30 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400c:c05::230 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:198843 Archived-At: > > For Slavic language natives like me and Marcin, constructions like > > "This allows to do something" work perfectly well. > > Sorry guys :) > > Don't take a sloppy attitude towards work on Emacs. > We all make mistakes, but we must at least try to avoid them. It has nothing to do with sloppiness. It's just like English has some quirks. Your part of this planet find them important, mine does not. It's like accusing English natives of being sloppy because they don't add the -es ending when saying 'two fish'. :) Guys, can you get your head around it?