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From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
To: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: "Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Linux Documentation" <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Linux Kernel Workflows" <workflows@vger.kernel.org>,
	"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: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 06:54:38 +0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aK5JPhkPxJ3MSr74@archie.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250826-fearless-glossy-dinosaur-46ebbf@lemur>

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On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 10:46:50AM -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> I do believe this is a clear indicator that the whole sentence needs to be
> reworded:
> 
>     ... if somebody tells you to "choose (a) or (b), we really need you to
>     decide on this," you're in trouble as a manager. The people you manage
>     most likely know the details better than you, so if they come to you for
>     a technical decision, ...
> 
> This change would detract from the... unique... style of this document, but
> would hopefully be less confusing to non-native speakers.

Thanks for the suggestion!

-- 
An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-08-26 23:54 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 [this message]
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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