From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: To non-native English writers: expunging the solecism "This allows to do something." Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:48:04 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20160124210602.GA7711@acm.fritz.box> <87twm12qvh.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1453855705 979 80.91.229.3 (27 Jan 2016 00:48:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:48:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: acm@muc.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Mathieu Lirzin Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 27 01:48:17 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 1aOEHQ-0004AP-NF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Jan 2016 01:48:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47596 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aOEHQ-0000tF-9Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:48:16 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58600) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aOEHM-0000q6-29 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:48:13 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aOEHL-0005Ke-6b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:48:11 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:46398) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aOEHI-0005Iw-RG; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:48:08 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aOEHE-0002xd-Uc; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:48:05 -0500 In-reply-to: <87twm12qvh.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Mathieu Lirzin on Tue, 26 Jan 2016 00:14:58 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:198896 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > As a non-native english speaker, I feel bad when I read such injunctions > from you or Alan. I am sorry that you feel bad, but I did not mean this as personal criticism of you, or anyone. It is a matter of style of how we write. You don't need to feel criticized. If you try your best to follow these rules, it is no grave problem if you sometimes make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes, and you don't need to feel bad about them. Other developers will fix them. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.