From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 7 19:56:10 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15FB716A47C; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:56:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from max@love2party.net) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.177]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CEA643DF0; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:55:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from max@love2party.net) Received: from [88.66.49.235] (helo=amd64.laiers.local) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu1) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0MKwpI-1GhX1j2pq1-0000n8; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:54:32 +0100 From: Max Laier Organization: FreeBSD To: cvs-doc@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 20:54:23 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <200611071654.kA7GsWbj097708@repoman.freebsd.org> <20061107185552.GD83597@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20061107185552.GD83597@submonkey.net> X-Face: ,,8R(x[kmU]tKN@>gtH1yQE4aslGdu+2]; R]*pL,U>^H?)gW@49@wdJ`H<=?utf-8?q?=25=7D*=5FBD=0A=09U=5For=3D=5CmOZf764=26nYj=3DJYbR1PW0ud?=>|!~,,CPC.1-D$FG@0h3#'5"k{V]a~.<=?utf-8?q?mZ=7D44=23Se=7Em=0A=09Fe=7E=5C=5DX5B=5D=5Fxj?=(ykz9QKMw_l0C2AQ]}Ym8)fU MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart4994150.1GQ2Uu2ZCB"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200611072054.30906.max@love2party.net> X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de login:61c499deaeeba3ba5be80f48ecc83056 Cc: Daniel Gerzo , Ceri Davies , doc-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: www/en about.sgml X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:56:10 -0000 --nextPart4994150.1GQ2Uu2ZCB Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline [ Not a native speaker ] On Tuesday 07 November 2006 19:55, Ceri Davies wrote: > On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 04:54:31PM +0000, Daniel Gerzo wrote: > > danger 2006-11-07 16:54:31 UTC > > > > FreeBSD doc repository > > > > Modified files: > > en about.sgml > > Log: > > - improve grammar > > > > | @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ > > | including CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, floppy disk, magnetic tape, > > | an MS-DOS® partition, or if you have a network > > | connection, you can install it directly over > > | - anonymous FTP or NFS. All you need is > > | + anonymous FTP or NFS. All you need are > > | > | =20 > > | href=3D"&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html">these > > | directions.

> > This change isn't correct - "these directions" is the object of this > sentence and the verb "is" should agree with the subject "all you > need", which is singular. I was confused by this, can you tell me if the following sounds right? The subject is "All", "you need" is a relative clause (think "All (that)=20 you need"). According to http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary/all the=20 pronoun can be either singular or plural - depending on the part of the=20 meaning you want to emphasis. > See sections 5.23 and 5.24 of the CMS. =46orgive my ignorance, what is the CMS? =2D-=20 /"\ Best regards, | mlaier@freebsd.org \ / Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 X http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | mlaier@EFnet / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News --nextPart4994150.1GQ2Uu2ZCB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFUOR2XyyEoT62BG0RAuzfAJ4ostgMTbzVxs4eqDqGbujfC1dtdACffF2F RHz+Em6Dm8DIjaoBBSlgr+s= =7/0I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart4994150.1GQ2Uu2ZCB--