From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Documentation <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Workflows <workflows@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: "Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@lwn.net>,
"Fox Foster" <fox@tardis.ed.ac.uk>,
"Federico Vaga" <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it>,
"Jonathan Neuschäfer" <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: management-style: Correct "know" past participle
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:42:11 +0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9044fe82-043f-4e45-b7cf-114a8860f650@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <67d355fc-7ee9-4203-9578-095004c4a7e6@infradead.org>
On 8/26/25 13:54, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>
>
> On 8/25/25 5:34 PM, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
> Hi Bagas,
>
> I don't know about the patch description/argument/justification,
> but the wording makes no sense to me...
>
Do you mean the original or the patched? Should I left the former as-is?
Confused...
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-26 7:42 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
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 [this message]
2025-08-26 11:53 ` Matthew Wilcox
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