Re: [PATCH 1/2] t3404: fix another typo
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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
- Date
- Jun 30, 2016, 08:17 UTC
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- <alpine.DEB.2.20.1606301017240.12947@virtualbox>
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Hi Junio,
On Wed, 29 Jun 2016, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes: > > > On Wed, 29 Jun 2016, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > >> Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> writes: > >> > >> > The past tense of "to run" is "run", not "ran". > >> > >> Actually, past tense of the verb "to run" is "ran" ;-) The reason > >> why this patch is still correct is because this is writing in > >> passive voice, where you want "be + past participle", and the past > >> participle of the verb "to run" is "run". > > > > Embarrassing! ;-) > > > > Well, I shall fix up the commit message thusly: > > > > t3404: fix another typo > > > > The passive form of "to run" is "run", not "ran". > > If your convention of referring to a verb is to show its infinitive > form, i.e. "to run", then you would probably want to say > > The passive from of "to run" is "to be run", not "to be > ran". > > But I think we do not need any of this if we just retitled it to > > Subject: t3404: fix a grammo (commands are ran -> commands are run) > > without any body.
Done. Will be part of v2.
Ciao, Dscho