From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Witten Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11862: [PATCH 9/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Use passive voice Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 17:14:15 +0000 Message-ID: References: <51e3eb5ff6ec469b84839dcede4eb072-mfwitten@gmail.com> <87bojuxq1l.fsf@nolde.home> <83txxm2mfw.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1341508528 22936 80.91.229.3 (5 Jul 2012 17:15:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 17:15:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stephen Berman , Richard Stallman , 11862@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 05 19:15:25 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1SmpeG-0003n5-9w for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:15:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60761 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SmpeF-0000oT-19 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:15:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59476) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Smpe7-0000oD-FT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:15:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Smpe1-0000aC-4W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:15:15 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:41327) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Smpe0-0000a7-Uk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:15:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Smpij-0005y8-J2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:20:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Michael Witten Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:20:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11862 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 11862-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11862.134150878122911 (code B ref 11862); Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:20:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11862) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Jul 2012 17:19:41 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50873 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SmpiP-0005xU-JG for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:19:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-qa0-f44.google.com ([209.85.216.44]:47092) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SmpiN-0005xM-Lu for 11862@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:19:40 -0400 Original-Received: by qadz3 with SMTP id z3so4333060qad.3 for <11862@debbugs.gnu.org>; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:14:45 -0700 (PDT) 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=HKMkFLUKwn9Tvsr/gBurqdSMDF/Pky8MNX6VgQj+NfI=; b=IZiSvIIBr1JdjNkS3v+cDQiFgS7LJ4nfaMEsPcGUCMskmCtzYmYJ/mEeI1vLaxTi5S /qCtLuNEy3cDzKSk/7MzNuqm1A4MuD9JKjpRZj4n59lbDUKFNG6Ybm9lQUIueM0Q350F gAlOcRdzf53YygkHW6K3tNzDi2HAYLtaCnN/LUEvjzqAPmM0QWmJJDHgHXU/Ph908OBp CFthjn+4tOadd2rfdPtJLcKhhxPvY06swzlIVBoqodTciqtwONxk5gmeUwDK5ZBlcEG/ 6lhFir2HXJrwoFc9nNrkY8mxJBvI69gsRfwyWxTBc6BanM1tpTBo9cy7T2flco3Yx67c iTVg== Original-Received: by 10.224.9.70 with SMTP id k6mr1202658qak.31.1341508485866; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:14:45 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.229.241.1 with HTTP; Thu, 5 Jul 2012 10:14:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <83txxm2mfw.fsf@gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:61623 Archived-At: On Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:37:55 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > it starts at 1, is reset to 1 by @kbd{make bootstrap}, and each build > of Emacs increments that number. In all clauses but the last, `it' (that is, the last number) is the subject. Moroever, the middle clause is already in the passive voice. So, for the sake of consistency, why not continue with both the subject `it' and that passive voice: it starts at 1, is reset to 1 by @kbd{make bootstrap}, and is incremented each time Emacs is built. Perhaps this is a better order: it starts at 1, is incremented each time Emacs is built, and is reset to 1 by @kbd{make bootstrap}. Of course, as Glenn Morris points out, the way in which `it' is reset is not of great importance. So, how about: it starts at 1, is incremented each time Emacs is built, and can be reset by something like @kbd{make clean} or @kbd{make bootstrap}.