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There is currently this proposed edit:
The comment for the edit is “fixed grammar”. However I think the grammar in the original is fine and is written in quite a good style of English. On the other hand you could argue that the second one is easier to understand for non-native speakers.
Should we try to edit the English language used in the posts in order to simplify them, considering that there is probably a large percentage of users on the site who don't have English as their native language?
3Actually, The Vikipedio article on the Olympics has them occur is not grammatically correct.–None–2016-08-26T20:10:07.740
I think we always should, since it helps more people to have access to information.–None–2016-08-27T12:25:58.180
has them occur is actually grammatically correct, but it's a weird expression for L2 speakers of english.–None–2016-08-30T10:39:43.943
@LaPingvino I should have said it is not the correct phrase in that context. You cannot say an article has them occur, since that would mean an article makes them occur, to report what an article says.–None–2016-08-31T11:11:20.920
3English is weird ;) it often makes things actors that are actually completely passive, as happens here :).–None–2016-08-31T22:12:27.473