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

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Message #21 received at 76135-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: rms <at> gnu.org, 76135-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#76135: passive voice in Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:10:39 +0200

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 23:11:53 -0800
> Cc: rms <at> gnu.org, 76135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> 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.
> 
> I think we fixed the issues that were indicated here.
> 
> Can this bug be closed?

Yes, done.

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