On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 09:17:03 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <i...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Your call, I'm not a native English speaker :-) It felt to me it's >> 'restrictive' than 'restrictively', an adj placed after the noun, e.g. a >> restrictive allow-list. > > It's an adverb, since it's the act of 'defining' that is being done too > restrictively or broadly. If you want to have an adjective you would need to > rephrase it so it applies to the noun, like 'defining a too restrictive > accept-list'. My non-native English vibes would still prefer the former. I'd suggest `... as defining an allow-list that is too narrow or a reject-list that is too-wide may prevent ...`. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1771
