GNU bug report logs - #76135
passive voice in Emacs Lisp Reference Manual

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: rms <at> gnu.org

Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2025 23:10:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: 76135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#76135: passive voice in Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 13:32:43 +0200

> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 18:09:15 -0500
> 
> It seems that people have a tendency to reqrite text into passive voice,
> which is gradually making the manual a little harder to read.

We try to find these cases during patch review and flag them, but it's
an uphill battle that never ends.
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