Hi Tom, On 2/15/23 17:11, Tom Schwindl wrote: > On Wed Feb 15, 2023 at 4:18 PM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: >> At 2023-02-15T13:07:50+0000, Tom Schwindl wrote: >>> -On Linux, it may be necessary to implement such a function oneself. >>> +On Linux, it may be necessary to implement such a function yourself. >> >> The existing language is sound. What is the motivation for the change? >> >> Regards, >> Branden > > From a formal perspective it's probably fine. But as a reader, I think it sounds > wrong. Or at least strange. That may be because I'm not a native speaker, but > neither is the majority of the manpage readers. > I simply think that "yourself" sounds better in this context. That's also the > reason for this patch. I've read the manpage and hesitated for a short moment > which, for me, indicates a poor choice of words. A `grep -i -r oneself` also > only yields a single result, this manpage. To me, the existing text reads fine. Maybe it's because in my language (Spanish), there's a similar expression for oneself, which may not exist in other languages? I'd keep it as it, unless I see more similar reports. Anyway, thanks for the report! Cheers, Alex > -- <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/> GPG key fingerprint: A9348594CE31283A826FBDD8D57633D441E25BB5
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