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26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rpluim <at> gmail.com, 32733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32733: 26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 23:41:31 -0400

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    > A @samp{*} in the shell command stands for the file name that
    > matched the regexp.

That's an improvement.  It is a little easier to read
than the passive sentence, a little clearer.

Once in a while there is a good reason to use passive voice.
Most of the time, replacing it with active voice makes it
a little clearer; sometimes much clearer.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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