From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
To: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@rhi.hi.is>, util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Subject: docs: disk-utils: change "allows to <verb>" to "allows <verb>ing"
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2020 20:05:47 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <326fa9c2-81d1-61af-bf1a-87725342fae8@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200710013909.GA2922@rhi.hi.is>
On 7/9/20 6:39 PM, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote:
> The web site "lintian.debian.org" shows some examples of "allows to",
> which are changed to "allows one to".
>
> I chose here to use gerund.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@rhi.hi.is>
LGTM. Thanks.
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> ---
> disk-utils/fdisk.8 | 2 +-
> disk-utils/sfdisk.8 | 6 +++---
> disk-utils/swaplabel.8 | 2 +-
> 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/disk-utils/fdisk.8 b/disk-utils/fdisk.8
> index f683bcaaa..8780a7419 100644
> --- a/disk-utils/fdisk.8
> +++ b/disk-utils/fdisk.8
> @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ are deprecated.
>
> .SH SCRIPT FILES
> .B fdisk
> -allows to read (by 'I' command) sfdisk compatible script files. The script is
> +allows reading (by 'I' command) sfdisk compatible script files. The script is
> applied to in-memory partition table, and then it is possible to modify the
> partition table before you write it to the device.
> .PP
> diff --git a/disk-utils/sfdisk.8 b/disk-utils/sfdisk.8
> index 6c278afb6..38a674853 100644
> --- a/disk-utils/sfdisk.8
> +++ b/disk-utils/sfdisk.8
> @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ disk label (see the \fBEMPTY DISK LABEL\fR section below).
> .TP
> .BR \-Y , " \-\-label\-nested " \fItype
> Force editing of a nested disk label. The primary disk label has to exist already.
> -This option allows to edit for example a hybrid/protective MBR on devices with GPT.
> +This option allows editing for example a hybrid/protective MBR on devices with GPT.
>
> .TP
> .BR \-w , " \-\-wipe "\fIwhen
> @@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ loaders and for other operating systems.
>
> .B Named-fields format
> .RS
> -This format is more readable, robust, extensible and allows to specify additional
> +This format is more readable, robust, extensible and allows specifying additional
> information (e.g., a UUID). It is recommended to use this format to keep your scripts
> more readable.
> .RS
> @@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ more readable.
> The
> .I device
> field is optional. \fBsfdisk\fR extracts the partition number from the
> -device name. It allows to specify the partitions in random order.
> +device name. It allows specifying the partitions in random order.
> This functionality is mostly used by \fB\-\-dump\fR.
> Don't use it if you are not sure.
>
> diff --git a/disk-utils/swaplabel.8 b/disk-utils/swaplabel.8
> index b623a5020..c92de00a5 100644
> --- a/disk-utils/swaplabel.8
> +++ b/disk-utils/swaplabel.8
> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ These values can also be set during swap creation using
> .BR mkswap (8).
> The
> .B swaplabel
> -utility allows to change the label or UUID on an actively used swap device.
> +utility allows changing the label or UUID on an actively used swap device.
> .SH OPTIONS
> .TP
> .BR \-h , " \-\-help"
>
--
~Randy
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2020-07-10 1:39 [PATCH] Subject: docs: disk-utils: change "allows to <verb>" to "allows <verb>ing" Bjarni Ingi Gislason
2020-07-10 3:05 ` Randy Dunlap [this message]
2020-07-14 8:50 ` Karel Zak
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