Re: [PATCH v2 07/14] i18n: merge-recursive: mark error messages for translation

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Re: [PATCH v2 07/14] i18n: merge-recursive: mark error messages for translation

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-09-12 16:04:23

Vasco Almeida [off-list ref] writes:
Lowercase first word of such error messages following the usual style.
"Change X to lowercase" is fine, but "Lowercase" is not a verb.

Reword it to "Downcase the first word...", perhaps (not limited to
this step).

Re: [PATCH v2 07/14] i18n: merge-recursive: mark error messages for translation

From: Vasco Almeida <hidden>
Date: 2016-09-13 16:55:38

A Seg, 12-09-2016 às 09:04 -0700, Junio C Hamano escreveu:
Vasco Almeida [off-list ref] writes:
quoted
Lowercase first word of such error messages following the usual
style.
"Change X to lowercase" is fine, but "Lowercase" is not a verb.

Reword it to "Downcase the first word...", perhaps (not limited to
this step).
Lowercase is a verb [1] meaning to print or write with a lowercase
letter or letters. Knowing that can the commit message be kept?

[1] http://www.dictionary.com/browse/lowercase
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