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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V2] MAINTAINERS: add machine section
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V2] MAINTAINERS: add machine section |
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Sat, 13 Feb 2016 10:39:04 -0700 |
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On 02/13/2016 01:10 AM, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> On 02/12/16 20:49, Marcel Apfelbaum wrote:
>> Eduardo and me will maintain it.
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> I suggest "Eduardo and I".
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> Eric? :)
Correct. In English, if you are including yourself in a list, it's good
form to list the first-person pronoun last; then the next rule to
remember is to use the same pronoun that you would use in isolation
without the list. Since that would be "I will maintain", it turns into
"Eduardo and I will maintain". Conversely, "give maintainer duties to
me" would become "give maintainer duties to Eduardo and me".
Unfortunately, even among native English speakers, it is a rather common
mistake to hear "something and me" used where "I" would have been correct.
[Looks like I've made a name for myself in trying to paraphrase native
English rules...]
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Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
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