On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 10:31:59AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > -- >8 -- > From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:07:08 +1100 > Subject: [PATCH] config.txt: third-party tools may and do use their own variables > [...] > +Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables. When > +inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their > +names do not conflict with what are used by Git itself and other > +popular tools, and describe them in your documentation. I think this third line should be "with what _is_ used" to match the verb and noun pluralness[1]. Or to keep better parallel structure with the first clause, something like "...their names do not conflict with those that are used by Git...". -Peff [1] Is there a word to mean the "pluralness" of a noun or verb (similar to "tense" for a verb). Surely there is, but I could not think of it. I wanted to say here that the pluralness of "what" and "are" does not match (it seems like "what" is a mass noun, which usually matches a singular verb). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html