On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 11:15 AM Junwang Zhao <zhjwpku@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Attachment is a corrected version based on Tom's suggestion.
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 9:56 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> >
> > Erikjan Rijkers <er@xs4all.nl> writes:
> > > I don't think these "were"s are wrong but arguably changing them to
> > > "have" helps non-native speakers (like myself), as it doesn't change the
> > > meaning significantly as far as I can see.
> >
> > I think it does --- it changes the meaning from passive to active.
> > I don't necessarily object to rewriting these sentences more broadly,
> > but I don't think "have issued" is the correct phrasing.
> >
> > Possibly "The user issued ..." would work.
> >
Is there a reason that the first case says "just" issued vs the other
two cases? It seems to me that it should be removed.
Robert Treat
https://xzilla.net
