If IS doesn't work for you (although I don't know why not, for informal speech) then I'll try to remember to do a search/replace before I send.
On one hand I am a bit of a language snob, and I dislike acronyms. I've had to deal with technical people who are no smarter than I am but insist on using obscure jargon, confusing their audience and making things difficult for everyone one else.
"If you cannot blind them with brilliance, baffle them with bull****!"
If English is not your first language I appreciate any efforts mades as $PERSONs ability to write English is usually better than my ability to write $LANGUAGE but that only makes it all the more important for the rest of us to try and be as clear as possible.
I know it seems pedantic (and it is) but I can justify it. It is important to thinks of the Search Engines, think of marketing Inkscape. "IS" is far too common a word to register on search engines whereas Ink or Inkscape are very disctinctive words and Inkscape is a very strong brand.
Every post we make to the mailing lists is marketing for Inkscape.
Sincerely
Alan Horkan
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