linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: management-style: Correct "know" past participle

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Message-ID: <aK5JPhkPxJ3MSr74@archie.me>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 06:54:38 +0700
From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Documentation <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Workflows <workflows@...r.kernel.org>,
	Fox Foster <fox@...dis.ed.ac.uk>,
	Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@...a.pv.it>,
	Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@....net>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: management-style: Correct "know" past
 participle

On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 10:46:50AM -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> I do believe this is a clear indicator that the whole sentence needs to be
> reworded:
> 
>     ... if somebody tells you to "choose (a) or (b), we really need you to
>     decide on this," you're in trouble as a manager. The people you manage
>     most likely know the details better than you, so if they come to you for
>     a technical decision, ...
> 
> This change would detract from the... unique... style of this document, but
> would hopefully be less confusing to non-native speakers.

Thanks for the suggestion!

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