From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 16 20:26:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AA7116A4D4 for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 20:26:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-smtp-04-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com (ms-smtp-04-smtplb.ohiordc.rr.com [65.24.5.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D024F43D1D for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 20:26:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marc.ramirez@bluecirclesoft.com) Received: from www.bluecirclesoft.com (cpe-024-165-114-048.cinci.rr.com [24.165.114.48])i9GKPkHH021690; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 16:25:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from www.bluecirclesoft.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i9GKPkUt083268; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 16:25:46 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marc.ramirez@bluecirclesoft.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by www.bluecirclesoft.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i9GKPj1B083267; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 16:25:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marc.ramirez@bluecirclesoft.com) X-Authentication-Warning: www.bluecirclesoft.com: mrami set sender to marc.ramirez@bluecirclesoft.com using -f From: Marc Ramirez Organization: Blue Circle Software Corp. To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 16:25:21 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <1097916792.1810.4.camel@kaiser.sig11.org> <200410161208.32381.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <200410161208.32381.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1812582.Quxf86HvTd"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200410161625.42502.marc.ramirez@bluecirclesoft.com> X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine cc: David Syphers cc: rionda@gufi.org Subject: Re: UPDATING readability X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 20:26:06 -0000 --nextPart1812582.Quxf86HvTd Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday 16 October 2004 03:08 pm, David Syphers wrote: > On Saturday 16 October 2004 01:53 am, Matteo Riondato wrote: > > Could we change an entry from: > > > > 20041007: > > One of the syscalls the 1:1 threading library libthr uses has > > changed, thus breaking ABI compatibility. Make sure you rebuild > > this library with the kernel. > > > > to: Compromise: One of the syscalls _which_ the ... > > > > 20041007: > > One of the syscalls used by the 1:1 threading library libthr > > has changed, thus breaking ABI compatibility. Make sure you rebuild > > this library with the kernel. > > > > I think this will improve the readability and the comprension of the > > entry by the non-native english speakers. > > I hate to be pedantic, but the original entry is preferable. In English it > is correct to avoid the passive voice when possible (though not nearly to > the extent that, say, French does). The active voice is quite appropriate > here, where the subject is clearly defined. Is there a particular reason > why non-native speakers would prefer the passive voice? =2D-=20 Marc Ramirez Blue Circle Software Corporation 513-688-1070 (main) 513-382-1270 (direct) http://www.bluecirclesoft.com http://www.mrami.com (personal) --nextPart1812582.Quxf86HvTd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBcYPGg1EgpGw750IRAptMAJ93Sz0+ui5Mk6WBF//1Y8jqkclgLgCfeJK1 IeN4DbihWyEACCtuOXPL0Xc= =d6Bl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1812582.Quxf86HvTd--