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On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 7:16 AM, Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 4 August 2013 09:56, Alex Xu <alex_y_xu@×××××.ca> wrote: |
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>> Minor grammar/typographical errata: |
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>> On 04/08/13 12:53 AM, Mike Pagano wrote: |
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>>> kernel, we recommend user add 'sys-kernel/vanilla-sources' to their |
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>> s/user add/adding/;s/their/the/ or similar; "recommend user add" is not |
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>> grammatically correct |
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> Make that: we recommend the user to add 'sys-kernel/vanilla-sources' to |
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> their package.accept_keywords file. |
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> (Note: "their" is perfectly correct usage as a gender-neutral reference to a |
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> singular person.) |
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> Alternatively: we recommend users to add .... |
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I'd drop the "to": |
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we recommend users add... |
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or |
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we recommend that users add... |
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or |
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we recommend adding ... to your ... file. |
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http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/56993/recommend-you-do-something-or-recommend-you-to-do-something |
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Rich |
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