Re: active vs. passive

[Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>]

Future tense is sometimes appropriate. "If the specified output
directory does not exist, it will be created automatically."

On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 2:58 PM, Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net> wrote:
> It is usually good to avoid future tense when documenting the capabilities
> of a product. ...
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