a detail you probably didn't know: nowhere in any #curl documentation do we use the word "very".
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a detail you probably didn't know: nowhere in any #curl documentation do we use the word "very". It is a banned word enforced by a CI check. This rule encourages us to rewrite and instead use more appropriate words. Makes us write better English.
@bagder A poet once told me off for using the word "get" as it was lazy: a real verb can almost always be used in its place. She did not offer any judgement on the word "post" or "options".
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@gruber the rule is generic: we have a list of banned words and expressions. We don't need to specifically mention the words in that list!
@bagder @gruber
Full list is here in case anyone else is curious like I was:
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a detail you probably didn't know: nowhere in any #curl documentation do we use the word "very". It is a banned word enforced by a CI check. This rule encourages us to rewrite and instead use more appropriate words. Makes us write better English.
LOL i didn't know that ..... but yeah, it makes sense.. in it's own way.
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a detail you probably didn't know: nowhere in any #curl documentation do we use the word "very". It is a banned word enforced by a CI check. This rule encourages us to rewrite and instead use more appropriate words. Makes us write better English.
@bagder I use Vale to lint my prose. It calls "very" out as one of a set of "weasel words".
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a detail you probably didn't know: nowhere in any #curl documentation do we use the word "very". It is a banned word enforced by a CI check. This rule encourages us to rewrite and instead use more appropriate words. Makes us write better English.
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@bagder @gruber
Full list is here in case anyone else is curious like I was:
https://github.com/curl/curl/blob/master/.github/scripts/badwords.txt#L84 -
my English teacher banned the use of the word "just" in most contexts
"I was just xyz..." for instance
redundant
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this is one of the better contexts
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a detail you probably didn't know: nowhere in any #curl documentation do we use the word "very". It is a banned word enforced by a CI check. This rule encourages us to rewrite and instead use more appropriate words. Makes us write better English.
@bagder
s/very/way -
a detail you probably didn't know: nowhere in any #curl documentation do we use the word "very". It is a banned word enforced by a CI check. This rule encourages us to rewrite and instead use more appropriate words. Makes us write better English.
@bagder “Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very’; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
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@bagder curl transfers are much secure
@moritzdietz @bagder bigly secure. The hugest security.
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a detail you probably didn't know: nowhere in any #curl documentation do we use the word "very". It is a banned word enforced by a CI check. This rule encourages us to rewrite and instead use more appropriate words. Makes us write better English.
@bagder for a non-native speaker, what exactly is not good with the word 'very'?
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@bagder for a non-native speaker, what exactly is not good with the word 'very'?
@shaman007 it is too simple. There is almost always a better way to phrase the same thing without it. very happy = excited, very glad = thrilled, very hungry = starving, etc. So the use of "very" is a sign that it can be said better.
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@shaman007 it is too simple. There is almost always a better way to phrase the same thing without it. very happy = excited, very glad = thrilled, very hungry = starving, etc. So the use of "very" is a sign that it can be said better.
@bagder o need to wrap my head around this, never thought about it before.
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@bagder o need to wrap my head around this, never thought about it before.
@shaman007 it takes a little getting used to I admit, but I find that it helps me write better
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@shaman007 it is too simple. There is almost always a better way to phrase the same thing without it. very happy = excited, very glad = thrilled, very hungry = starving, etc. So the use of "very" is a sign that it can be said better.
@bagder thank you, mmm... a lot. No, appreciate for your answer!
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I can tell you that this bites me just about every time I write more than two sentences. Then I go back, edit and push a fixup commit and hope that I learned something. Again.
@bagder I also block "just" this way, and "easy"
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@bagder I also block "just" this way, and "easy"
@derickr I'm actually currently in process of doing the same for "just"!
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a detail you probably didn't know: nowhere in any #curl documentation do we use the word "very". It is a banned word enforced by a CI check. This rule encourages us to rewrite and instead use more appropriate words. Makes us write better English.
@bagder That sounds, good!
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a detail you probably didn't know: nowhere in any #curl documentation do we use the word "very". It is a banned word enforced by a CI check. This rule encourages us to rewrite and instead use more appropriate words. Makes us write better English.
@bagder very good
