RFR: Cleanup contractions

Joe Darcy joe.darcy at oracle.com
Thu Jan 28 22:38:37 UTC 2021


My understanding is the same as Phil's; in more formal writing it is 
preferable to write the non-contracted words out.

-Joe

On 1/28/2021 2:15 PM, Philip Race wrote:
> I missed that thread but what I've [*] been taught is that when 
> writing you would usually spell it out,
> not use a contraction, unless it is conversation or intended to set an 
> informal tone.
>
> I would have gone entirely the other way here ...
>
> -phil
>
> [*] used consciously :-)
>
> On 1/28/21 1:52 PM, Jesper Wilhelmsson wrote:
>> An attempt to unify the language in the guide with regards to 
>> contractions. There was a (very brief) discussion on this on the 
>> mailing list: 
>> https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/guide-dev/2020-December/000444.html
>>
>> is not --> isn't
>> do not --> don't
>> are not --> aren't
>> etc
>>
>> -------------
>>
>> Commit messages:
>>   - Merge
>>   - Change is not to isn't etc
>>
>> Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/guide/pull/42/files
>>   Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=guide&pr=42&range=00
>>    Stats: 31 lines in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 31 mod
>>    Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/guide/pull/42.diff
>>    Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/guide 
>> pull/42/head:pull/42
>>
>> PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/guide/pull/42


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