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"Your branch is up-to-date ..." is incorrect English grammar

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SWSTEVEN WHITE <stevencharleswhitevoices@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 21, 2017, 08:21 UTC
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Either of these two options is CORRECT:
“Your branch is up to date …”
“You have an up-to-date branch …”

But “your branch is up-to-date” is INCORRECT. And, because it’s incorrect, it conveys an odd and unsettling experience to native English speakers whenever they read it.

If you’re curious, you can find plenty of discussion of this point of grammar. Here’s just one example: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/180611/do-i-keep-myself-up-to-date-or-up-to-date-on-something.

Regards,
Steve
Next: Martin Ågren
Message 1 of 9 in “"Your branch is up-to-date ..." is incorrect English grammar”
  1. STEVEN WHITEAug 21, 2017
  2. Martin ÅgrenAug 21, 2017
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2017
  4. STEVEN WHITEAug 23, 2017
  5. 1/2 Documentation/user-manual: update outdated example outputMartin Ågren, Aug 23, 2017
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2017
  7. 2/2 treewide: correct several "up-to-date" to "up to date"Martin Ågren, Aug 23, 2017
  8. STEVEN WHITEAug 24, 2017
  9. Martin ÅgrenAug 24, 2017

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