doc: use present tense in error messages #35164
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Error messages are a mix of present and past tense. They should be mostly or entirely present tense. This eliminates the past tense constructions "was found" and "were found". PR-URL: nodejs#35164 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Denys Otrishko <shishugi@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Derek Lewis <DerekNonGeneric@inf.is> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
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hi @Trott this doesn't land cleanly on v14.x, can someone backport it? 😊 |
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Error messages are a mix of present and past tense. They should be mostly or entirely present tense. This eliminates the past tense constructions "was found" and "were found". PR-URL: nodejs#35164 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Denys Otrishko <shishugi@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Derek Lewis <DerekNonGeneric@inf.is> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
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Error messages are a mix of present and past tense. They should be mostly or entirely present tense. This eliminates the past tense constructions "was found" and "were found". Backport-PR-URL: #35247 PR-URL: #35164 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Denys Otrishko <shishugi@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Derek Lewis <DerekNonGeneric@inf.is> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
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Error messages are a mix of present and past tense. They should be mostly or entirely present tense. This eliminates the past tense constructions "was found" and "were found". PR-URL: nodejs#35164 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Denys Otrishko <shishugi@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Derek Lewis <DerekNonGeneric@inf.is> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
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Error messages are a mix of present and past tense. They should be
mostly or entirely present tense. This eliminates the past tense
constructions "was found" and "were found".
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