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Re: How to restore the layout?


From: Juanma Barranquero
Subject: Re: How to restore the layout?
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 22:28:34 +0200

> I see two "nots".  Avoid two negatives.

I don't really believe in prescriptivist rules of good writing. Two
negatives can be confusing, or clearer than the alternative, depending
on the sentence.

>    The only parameter that is restored by ... are those that are saved
>    with ...

>    Parameters that are restored by ... must be saved with a prior
>    call to ...
>

I prefer the second one.



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