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Some minor pedantry that winds me up a bit, and that I thought I'd try to correct: > Note that one of the co-authors of this paper, Amit, is the author of http
by frankmcsherry 9y ago
Some minor pedantry that winds me up a bit, and that I thought I'd try to correct:
> Note that one of the co-authors of this paper, Amit, is the author of https://www.tockos.org/ https://www.tockos.org/
The definite article "the" precludes the existence of other authors, who (from personal experience) can get wound up by language like this.
You may have meant "author of the web site", in which case I have no opinion, but if you meant "author of the project" I'd totally use the indefinite article "an".
Also all of the work is very interesting and people should read it.
- steveklabnik 9y agoYes, good call, thank you! I sometimes forget this distinction. You're totally correct that more people than Amit work on Tock, for sure, and I don't want to exclude their hard work.