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Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el
From: |
Nick Roberts |
Subject: |
Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el |
Date: |
Tue, 8 Mar 2005 21:49:15 +1300 |
> [Discussion of "`foo' is an obsolete function since 21.4;"]
>
> >> . This combination of "is" and "since" is incorrect English usage.
>
> >I think "is ... since" is pretty common usage actually, and certainly
> >makes sense.
>
> <Gnashes teeth>
>
> Yes, it does make sense and it is regrettably common usage, but it is
> WRONG. It is something that a native English speaker would never say.
> In this case, it is just as easy to be correct.
I don't know if it's correct or not but I think it is effective use of
English. I think its important to remember that English may not be the first
language for many Emacs users. "`foo' is an obsolete function since 21.4" is
concise: it tells the user that foo *is* obsolete and then that it became
obsolete in version 21.4. He doesn't have to understand the many forms of past
tense that English can have.
Nick
- English usage bug in bytecomp.el, Alan Mackenzie, 2005/03/07
- Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el, Bill Wohler, 2005/03/08
- Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el, Andreas Schwab, 2005/03/08
- Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el, Nick Roberts, 2005/03/08
- Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el, Miles Bader, 2005/03/08
- Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el, Bill Wohler, 2005/03/08