Re: Typo in the GNU coding standards 2016-07-25

[Thien-Thi Nguyen]

() Vincent Lefevre <address@hidden>
() Tue, 14 Feb 2017 18:39:02 +0100

   I suppose that it should be: "... not the future tense."

You're right.  Here's a patch:

 doc/standards.texi | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/standards.texi b/doc/standards.texi
index b2c1ae9..2d5f455 100644
*** a/doc/standards.texi
--- b/doc/standards.texi
***************
*** 3399,3405 ****
  call with no arguments.
  
  Whenever possible, please stick to the active voice, avoiding the
! passive, and use the present tense, not the future teste.  For
  instance, write ``The function @code{foo} returns a list containing
  @var{a} and @var{b}'' rather than ``A list containing @var{a} and
  @var{b} will be returned.''  One advantage of the active voice is it
--- 3399,3405 ----
  call with no arguments.
  
  Whenever possible, please stick to the active voice, avoiding the
! passive, and use the present tense, not the future tense.  For
  instance, write ``The function @code{foo} returns a list containing
  @var{a} and @var{b}'' rather than ``A list containing @var{a} and
  @var{b} will be returned.''  One advantage of the active voice is it

Maybe if you post a patch next time, it will be noticed sooner.

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