may be interesting for debugging, so that when a user send a verbose
- output we don't have to ask him for more details. Display stderr
+ output we don't have to ask them for more details. Display stderr
I'd like to say "when users" here instead of "when a user", to avoid the
singular/plural conflict, since it's easily avoidable in this case. (I
know it isn't always.) Also, independently, "a verbose output" is wrong
English. So:
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
..
- may be interesting for debugging, so that when a user send a verbose
+ may be interesting for debugging, so that when users send verbose
output we don't have to ask them for more details. Display stderr
Similarly for the HACKING change:
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@
..
-* If somebody reports a new bug, mention their name in the commit message
- that fixes or exposes the bug, and add a line for them in THANKS.
+* If a person or people report a new bug, mention their name(s) in the
+ commit message that fixes or exposes the bug, and add a line for them
+ in THANKS.
Any objection? --thanks, karl.
