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Craig Norris
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Suzanne Selhorn
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Docs: Update Style Guide with minor contraction recommendations
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@@ -540,36 +540,37 @@ tenses, words, and phrases:
### Contractions
Contractions can create a friendly and informal tone, especially in tutorials, instructional
documentation, and
[
user interfaces
](
https://design.gitlab.com/content/punctuation/#contractions
)
.
Contractions are encouraged, and can create a friendly and informal tone,
especially in tutorials, instructional documentation, and
[
user interfaces
](
https://design.gitlab.com/content/punctuation/#contractions
)
.
Some contractions should be avoided:
Some contractions
, however,
should be avoided:
-
Do not use contractions with a proper noun and a verb. For example:
| Do | Don't |
|----------------------
|
---------------------|
| GitLab is creating X
| GitLab's creating X
|
|----------------------
--------------------|--------------------
---------------------|
| GitLab is creating X
. | GitLab's creating X.
|
-
Do not use contractions when you need to emphasize a negative. For example:
| Do | Don't |
|-----------------------------
|
----------------------------|
| Do
*
*not**
install X with Y |
**Don't**
install X with Y
|
|-----------------------------
-------------|-------------
----------------------------|
| Do
*
not*
install X with Y. |
*Don't*
install X with Y.
|
-
Do not use contractions in reference documentation. For example:
| Do | Don't |
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Do
*
*not**
set a limit greater than 1000 |
**Don't**
set a limit greater than 1000
|
| For
`parameter1`
, the default is 10
| For
`parameter1`
, the default's 10
|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------
-
|
| Do
*
not*
set a limit greater than 1000. |
*Don't*
set a limit greater than 1000.
|
| For
`parameter1`
, the default is 10
. | For
`parameter1`
, the default's 10.
|
-
Avoid contractions in error messages. Examples:
| Do | Don't |
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Requests to localhost are not allowed
| Requests to localhost aren't allowed
|
| Specified URL cannot be used
| Specified URL can't be used
|
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------
---
|
| Requests to localhost are not allowed
. | Requests to localhost aren't allowed.
|
| Specified URL cannot be used
. | Specified URL can't be used.
|
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