Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: merge: improve conflict presentation docs

From: Felipe Contreras <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 07 May 2023 16:25:37 -0600

Elijah Newren wrote:
> On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 6:58 AM Adam Johnson via GitGitGadget
> <[email-masked]> wrote:

> > -while in "zdiff3" style, it may look like this:
> > +while in the "zdiff3" style, it looks like this:
> 
> The insertion of "the" surprises me.  It reads better without it to
> me, but I don't know if I'm just used to some grammar rule being
> violated or something.  Why is "the" necessary here?

It's not necessary, but the addition of the word "the" suggests a single
well-known term.

If you say "minimalist style", that can refer to a broad range of styles that
are generally refered to as of "minimalist" type. On the other hand if you say
"the Minimalist tyle" it evokes a *single* style that cannot be confused with
any other.

In this case it's a single style, so "the" is warranted.

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Felipe Contreras