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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Documentation <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Workflows <workflows@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: "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: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: management-style: Correct "know" past participle
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 22:47:28 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87349ed6zj.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250826003437.7695-2-bagasdotme@gmail.com>

Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> writes:

> 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

This seems actively wrong ... ?

jon

  reply	other threads:[~2025-08-26  4:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-08-26  0:34 [PATCH] Documentation: management-style: Correct "know" past participle Bagas Sanjaya
2025-08-26  4:47 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
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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