GNU bug report logs - #38660
ange-ftp.el grammar

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: michael.albinus <at> gmx.de, 38660 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: bug#38660: ange-ftp.el grammar
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 17:42:20 +0200

> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 09:36:44 +0100
> Cc: 38660-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:
> 
> > MA> I'm not a native English speaker, but to me it sounds like active
> > MA> voice. What's wrong with this?
> >
> > Well all I know is there is
> >>> ;; then ange-ftp spawns an FTP process, connect to the host 'anorman' as
> >                          ^an "s" here,            ^but not here, etc. Odd.
> 
> Hmm, there is a mix of active and passive voice.

Not active and passive, but singular and plural.

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