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Noticed this while reading through writing-tests.md today.
As per style guide avoid the use of you, your etc.
Rational as per: http://www2.ivcc.edu/rambo/tip_formal_writing_voice.htm

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vsemozhetbyt commented May 30, 2017

The commit and PR titles are a bit scary :) Maybe remove 'you'...?

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gibfahn commented May 30, 2017

It's quite amusing that http://www2.ivcc.edu/rambo/tip_formal_writing_voice.htm uses "you" the whole way through.

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While we're in here, fix the comma splice? (The comma here should be a period and node.green is the start of a new sentence.)

For that matter, maybe eliminate the passive voice in that new sentence and add a normative trailing / to the URL?

node.green lists available features in each release.

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Nit: Remove In order:

To improve tests that have been imported this way, please send...

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Some nits, but LGTM

@mhdawson mhdawson changed the title doc: remove you from writing-tests.md doc: remove 'you' from writing-tests.md May 31, 2017
mhdawson added 2 commits May 31, 2017 11:42
Noticed this while reading through writing-tests.md today.
As per style guide avoid the use of you, your etc.
Rational as per: http://www2.ivcc.edu/rambo/tip_formal_writing_voice.htm
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Pushed commits to address comments.

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mhdawson commented Jun 1, 2017

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mhdawson commented Jun 1, 2017

CI good, landed as 449dd71

mhdawson added a commit that referenced this pull request Jun 1, 2017
Noticed this while reading through writing-tests.md today.
As per style guide avoid the use of you, your etc.
Rational as per: http://www2.ivcc.edu/rambo/tip_formal_writing_voice.htm

PR-URL: #13319
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
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jasnell pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jun 5, 2017
Noticed this while reading through writing-tests.md today.
As per style guide avoid the use of you, your etc.
Rational as per: http://www2.ivcc.edu/rambo/tip_formal_writing_voice.htm

PR-URL: #13319
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
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@mhdawson mhdawson deleted the you-2 branch June 28, 2017 19:23
MylesBorins pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jul 17, 2017
Noticed this while reading through writing-tests.md today.
As per style guide avoid the use of you, your etc.
Rational as per: http://www2.ivcc.edu/rambo/tip_formal_writing_voice.htm

PR-URL: #13319
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
@MylesBorins MylesBorins mentioned this pull request Jul 18, 2017
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