RFR: Cleanup contractions
Jesper Wilhelmsson
jwilhelm at openjdk.java.net
Thu Jan 28 23:37:43 UTC 2021
On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 21:49:35 GMT, Jesper Wilhelmsson <jwilhelm at openjdk.org> 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
> My understanding is the same as Phil's; in more formal writing it is
> preferable to write the non-contracted words out.
Yes, this is the same understanding as expressed in the mail thread. The question however seems to be if this guide is formal writing or not.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/guide/pull/42
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