std-unix@ut-sally.UUCP (Moderator, John Quarterman) (12/19/85)
From seismo!rochester!rocksanne!sunybcs!colonel Mon Dec 16 22:27:37 1985 Date: Mon, 16 Dec 85 14:12:42 EST From: seismo!rochester!rocksanne!sunybcs!colonel (Col. G. L. Sicherman) Message-Id: <8512161912.AA18129@gort.SUNYAB> To: ut-sally!std-unix Subject: Re: P1003 Draft 6 -- Comments, criticisms etc.; V4N11 In-Reply-To: your article <3784@ut-sally.UUCP> > Date: Wed, 11 Dec 85 17:06:10 EST > From: Arnold Robbins <arnold%gatech.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA> > > Sect 2.6 Environment Description: > > It is recommended the follwoing variable names.... > > Should be "It is recommended that the..." > ^^^^ If you're going to hack the gobbledygook, you might as well get it out of the passive voice: "We recommend that the ..." Volume-Number: Volume 4, Number 17