From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
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Cc: "Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@lwn.net>,
"Bagas Sanjaya" <bagasdotme@gmail.com>,
"Fox Foster" <fox@tardis.ed.ac.uk>,
"Federico Vaga" <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it>,
"Jonathan Neuschäfer" <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net>,
"Randy Dunlap" <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: management-style: Correct "know" past participle
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 07:34:38 +0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250826003437.7695-2-bagasdotme@gmail.com> (raw)
Management style docs writes on people under a manager, where they know
the details better than the manager himself, in past perfect tense. Yet,
"know" is in infinitive form instead.
Correct the verb form.
Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/process/management-style.rst | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/management-style.rst b/Documentation/process/management-style.rst
index dfbc69bf49d435..1381b253b19ef4 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/management-style.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/management-style.rst
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ actually true.
The name of the game is to **avoid** having to make a decision. In
particular, if somebody tells you "choose (a) or (b), we really need you
to decide on this", you're in trouble as a manager. The people you
-manage had better know the details better than you, so if they come to
+manage had better known the details than you, so if they come to
you for a technical decision, you're screwed. You're clearly not
competent to make that decision for them.
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ sure as hell shouldn't encourage them by promising them that what they
work on will be included. Make them at least think twice before they
embark on a big endeavor.
-Remember: they'd better know more about the details than you do, and
+Remember: they'd better known more about the details than you do, and
they usually already think they have the answer to everything. The best
thing you can do as a manager is not to instill confidence, but rather a
healthy dose of critical thinking on what they do.
base-commit: ee9a6691935490dc39605882b41b9452844d5e4e
--
An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
next reply other threads:[~2025-08-26 0:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-26 0:34 Bagas Sanjaya [this message]
2025-08-26 4:47 ` [PATCH] Documentation: management-style: Correct "know" past participle Jonathan Corbet
2025-08-26 7:40 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2025-08-26 8:25 ` Stephen Rothwell
2025-08-26 14:46 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2025-08-26 15:22 ` Jonathan Corbet
2025-08-26 23:54 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2025-08-26 6:54 ` Randy Dunlap
2025-08-26 7:42 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2025-08-26 11:53 ` Matthew Wilcox
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