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Is it my English that is off, or does "per developer" imply that the developer asked for the keys to be disabled (which isn't the case)
by wodenokoto 4y ago
Is it my English that is off, or does "per developer" imply that the developer asked for the keys to be disabled (which isn't the case)
- ironmagma 4y agoIt's ambiguous. Could be "per developer's account of the story" or "per developer's request" here although the latter is much more common.
- JdeBP 4y agoThere are only so many characters allowed in a Hacker News title. (-: But just following the hyperlink makes it abundantly clear.
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- lynndotpy 4y agoI think "per developer" means "according to the developer" in this context.
- MereInterest 4y agoIt's a rather funky phrasing, and I don't think it's an issue with your English. "per" is usually used to mean "in accordance with". So, "per your request" means "in accordance with with your request". It looks the submitter was trying to use "per developer" to mean "according to the developer". While "according to" and "in accordance with" are synonymous when meaning that two things are in agreement, I wouldn't use "in accordance with" or "per" to mean "as told by".
- caf 4y agoThe use of 'per' to mean 'as told by' is fairly common, though like many things in the language it may be highly regional?
- yawboakye 4y agoper my understanding, ie according to my understanding, per developer here means according to the developer. as in, the developer reports that their keys have been disabled by twitter. given that it’s the developer reporting/complaining, we can infer that they didn’t issue any commands or requests.