docs: use active voice in README - replace "have" with "provide" - #1046
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[WIP] Fix passive voice in README - replace "have" with "provide"
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Before: Their After: The before and after aren't all that different 🤔 If updating to be active voice, I'd hope for something more like: |
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... Good point! I've implemented your suggested rewrite to make it truly active voice. The sentence now starts with "Use" and is much more direct and engaging. Changes made in commit 511cd1f. |
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@vmccarty I suppose so! But that really doesn't gel with the rest of the paragraph 😅 |
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@ericcrosson-bitgo, oh, well it can be tweaked to better fit then. At any rate, the After that copilot proposed was still passive voice. Just calling that out. |
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This PR improves the README by replacing passive voice with active voice on lines 16-17.
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This makes the sentence more direct and active, improving readability and clarity of the documentation. The change transforms the passive construction into a more engaging active voice that better describes what the API definitions actually do.
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