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Clean up "allow to"
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Clean up "allow to"

* README, cipher/cipher.c, cipher/pubkey.c, doc/gpg.texi: replace
  "allow to" with clearer text

In standard English, the normal construction is "${XXX} allows ${YYY}
to" -- that is, the subject (${XXX}) of the sentence is allowing the
object (${YYY}) to do something. When the object is missing, the
phrasing sounds awkward, even if the object is implied by context.
There's almost always a better construction that isn't as awkward.

These changes should make the language a bit clearer.

  • Signed-off-by: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>

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dkgAuthored on Aug 3 2016, 5:56 PM
justusCommitted on Aug 4 2016, 12:37 PM
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rG1820889e3c4a: Fix spelling: "occured" should be "occurred"
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Justus Winter <justus@g10code.com> committed rG15d13272344f: Clean up "allow to" (authored by Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>).Aug 4 2016, 12:37 PM