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Re: feature/eglot-texi-manual 4725c123f3 2/5: ; eglot.texi: Fix typos an


From: Robert Pluim
Subject: Re: feature/eglot-texi-manual 4725c123f3 2/5: ; eglot.texi: Fix typos and minor inconsistenciesfeature/eglot-texi-manual 4725c123f3 2/5: ; eglot.texi: Fix typos and minor inconsistencies
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:34:45 +0200

>>>>> On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 05:24:58 -0700, Stefan Kangas 
>>>>> <stefankangas@gmail.com> said:

    Stefan> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
    >> >> -languages which are only supported by the @code{etags} backend.
    >> >> +languages that are only supported by the @code{etags} backend.
    >> 
    Eli> And this one?  What's wrong with using "which" in that case?
    >> 
    >> Nothing, except that there are some grammarians who believe that there
    >> is an iron-clad infallible rule which governs when to use 'which'
    >> versus 'that', which most of us donʼt care about [1] (and Iʼve yet to
    >> see an example where using the 'wrong' one was unclear).

    Stefan> I generally try to follow the most authoritative recommendations I 
can
    Stefan> find, but if there is a particular reason to be more progressive 
here,
    Stefan> then please go for it.

You donʼt want progressive, you want conservative: if the existing
text is not clearly incorrect, donʼt change it, even if thereʼs some
guide that says itʼs 'wrong'. 'which' vs 'that' falls in that camp,
unlike e.g. 'should of', which is just *wrong*

Robert
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