Re: [PATCH 1/2] t3404: fix another typo

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 29, 2016, 18:06 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqh9cb50p3.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1606291729200.12947@virtualbox>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

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> 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.