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Jun 15, 2020 at 7:40 history edited CommunityBot
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Mar 4, 2012 at 18:56 comment added J.R. @fxam: it doesn't matter if you say "no users are," or "no user is;" the this doesn't refer to the user(s), it refers to the single rule that users can't change passwords.
Mar 4, 2012 at 17:19 comment added FumbleFingers Corruption was uncovered at many levels across the organization; this includes large-scale bribe-taking as well as petty pilfering. The choice of this/these can actually tell the reader which antecedent is being referenced.
Mar 4, 2012 at 12:44 comment added fxam Thanks for the tip for getting rid of decision making. But the single principle part confuses me. The sentence was first 'No users are allowed to change their own passwords', but then it became a single principle: 'No user is allowed to change a password'.
Mar 4, 2012 at 12:30 vote accept fxam
Mar 4, 2012 at 10:18 history edited J.R. CC BY-SA 3.0
changed a "the" to "a"; added a note clarifying the motive for the footnote
Mar 4, 2012 at 9:47 history answered J.R. CC BY-SA 3.0