@Cerberus You must be a potato.

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who chooses vim o'er emacs? who would torture themselves like that?

@MattE.Эллен Your yellow highlighting and red question mark are very beautiful.

Thanks

> SOP “Management of samples and issuance of QC results”.

I don't like "issuance of results" - the process of handing over of the quality control results to the person who submitted the sample for quality assessment.

But I don't know what to use in place of "issuance"

@CowperKettle Issuance works fine there. I cannot think of a better word to use in its place.

From Donald Wilber's accounts:

> It is vital to have as detailed biographical information as possible on all military personnel whose presence might bear upon the problem including possible enemies as well as friends

What do you think about the expression in bold? Is it grammatically correct?

@MattE.Эллен Exactly. I think it must be newbie coders on Unix/Linux systems. What is even more confounding is use of Notepad++ in the #3 spot.

@Færd I'd expect an article in there: "as [ADJECTIVE} a [NOUN] as possible."

@Robusto Zackly. Thanks.

@Færd And if one can't directly count the noun one will have to use a counter: "As detailed a biographical dossier as possible."

Actually, that wasn't a counter. I just rephrased to avoid the mass noun.

Here's a counter: "As cold a glass of water as possible."

@MattE.Эллен Hmm what group is that?

@Robusto Or: It is vital to have biographical information as detailed as possible on all military personnel...

Still infelicitous.

The sentence is begging to be recast.

@MattE.Эллен Doesn't it also depend on what language you're writing in? If editor/IDE X supports your language better than others, that may be a reason to choose it over another editor that is better over all.