Re: Compliance with Boost copyright and license guidelines

From: Gavin Lambert (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-08-22 23:21:21

On 23/08/2019 00:48, degski wrote:
>> avoid - annoying - Windows users
> 
> Better: ... avoid to annoy Windows users. English does have its pitfalls.
> Thanks for pointing that out.

That's not really better, since it's grammatically incorrect.

You could say "avoid being an annoyance to Windows users".

Or use a less ambiguous word "avoid upsetting Windows users".  (Which 
technically could still be read the wrong way, but I don't think anyone 
would read it that way.)