Re: [PATCH] doc: replace jargon word "impact" with "effect"/"affect"

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On Thu, 13 May 2021 at 05:40, Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email> wrote:
>
> Hi Varun,
>
>
> I've seen the rather extended discussion about word choice. However Can
> I suggest an alternative split of the patch?
>
> If the patch is split between:
> 1. Test shells
> 2. Code comments
> 3. Manual pages
> 4. Guides and How to's.
>   then it should be possible to focus on the precision aspects first,
> and only later get into the imprecision of modern colloquial English.
> For the manual page changes, having a direct link to a test shell or
> code comment change would provide important support to the clarification
> of any precision aspects of the changes.

I'd be happy to split it, but I'm not sure I follow what you mean by
"precision aspects".



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