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bug#51930: 27.2; Buffer-local functions? Buffers specified buffer-locall
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Stefan Kangas |
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bug#51930: 27.2; Buffer-local functions? Buffers specified buffer-locally? |
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Tue, 20 Sep 2022 23:21:42 -0700 |
Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz> writes:
> I personally disagree that the double passive tense is bad here,
> but here's another alternative:
That alternative is indeed less clear than what you had before.
"Never use the passive where you can use the active."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
—George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," April 1946
Note the qualifier.
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Stefan Kangas <=
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