On 04.01.22 16:09, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On 1/4/22 06:42, Jonathan Corbet wrote: >> Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> On 04.01.22 13:16, Lukas Bulwahn wrote: >>>> On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 3:23 PM Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> +Try to fix regressions quickly once the culprit got identified. Fixes for most >>>> >>>> s/got/gets/ --- at least, that is what the gmail grammar spelling suggests :) >>> >>> Hmm, LanguageTool didn't complain. Not totally sure, maybe both >>> approaches are okay. But the variant suggested by the gmail checker >>> might be the better one. >> >> So we're deeply into nit territory, but "gets" would be the correct >> tense there. Even better, though, is to avoid using "to get" in this >> way at all. I'm informed that "to get" is one of the hardest verbs for >> non-native speakers, well, to get, so I try to avoid it in my own >> writing. "once the culprit is identified" or "has been identified" >> would both be good here. > > Agreed. Any uses of the verb get/got are best avoided. Ahh, good to known, thx to both of you. I guess my English teachers tried to put that into my head like 30 years ago, but I assume the lossy compression algorithm in there threw it away... Went through the document and removed all get/got, was not that hard most of the time. Ciao, Thorsten
