Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: management-style: Reword "had better known the details" phrase

[Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>]

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On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 11:33:12AM +0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> As a non-native English speaker, "had better know" looks really
> weird on my eyes, as, at least for me, "know" is a verb.
> 
> Heh, I just discovered today by looking on a dictionary:
> 
> 	https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/know
> 
> That know can informally be used as a noun (a shortcut for
> knowledge?).
> 
> For me as a non-native English speaker, when one writes:
> 
> 	They "most likely know"		(know here is a verb)
> 
> or:
> 	They "had better knowledge"	(knowledge is a name)
> 
> Things become clearer.
> 
> Heh:
> 
> 	They "had better know the details better than you"
> 
> the "better" word is used twice, and yeah, this is requires more
> fluency in English for a non-native speaker to get what it says.
> 
> Considering that "know" (noun) seems to be a shortcut
> for "knowledge", what about:
> 
> 	They "had better knowledge about the details than you"

That can be alternative.

Thanks.

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