Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 08:02:35 +0000 (GMT), Alan Mackenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> [Discussion of "`foo' is an obsolete function since 21.4;"] >> >> >I think "is ... since" is pretty common usage actually, and certainly >> >makes sense. >> >> <Gnashes teeth> >> >> Yes, it does make sense and it is regrettably common usage, but it is >> WRONG. It is something that a native English speaker would never say. >> In this case, it is just as easy to be correct. > > Hmm, I'm a native English speaker (and I certainly appreciate fine > language), but I don't mind this at all. It simply doesn't register > very high on the "feels wrong" scale, though it does a little. > > I also agree with Nick that the "correct" form is less clear (and > requires a funny little twiddly bit in the code). > > However, a variant which might be even clearer, and maybe less > objectionable would be "FOO is an obsolete function (since 21.4)".
This does not help really. If my language sensors are correct, a non-objectionable phrasing might be "As of 21.4, Foo is an obsolete function." But I still don't see that "has been" is something that even a non-native speaker has any possibility of avoiding to see quite a lot, anyhow. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
