On 04/11/2021 00:09, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > I would say that in the context of talking about a signature, "expect" is > a better verb than "use". > > But then, just like you I am not a native speaker, so I think we should > maybe stop telling a native speaker like Matt how to use his native > tongue... > >> (I am not a native English speaker, would "changing" be better than "altering" ?) >> By changing the signature of read_blob_entry to use size_t, > As I said, I am not a native English speaker, either. So I believe that > Matt knows better than the two of us together how to phrase things in > English. Being a native speaker can be a bit of a Catch 22, especially in English, as we can use unusual idioms and find them normal, and often weren't taught 'grammar'. It is important that the text is understandable to those for whom English isn't their first language. At least we don't have to use simplified English [e.g. 1,2] Philip [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Technical_English [2] https://www.boeing.com/company/key-orgs/licensing/simplified-english-checker.page (not actually used;-)
