Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 01:26:56 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Cc: cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, gerzo@micronet.sk, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, danger@FreeBSD.org, max@love2party.net, doc-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: www/en about.sgml Message-ID: <20061108012656.717bba8e.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20061107222044.GJ83597@submonkey.net> References: <200611071654.kA7GsWbj097708@repoman.freebsd.org> <20061107185552.GD83597@submonkey.net> <200611072054.30906.max@love2party.net> <947574552.20061107211608@micronet.sk> <20061107222044.GJ83597@submonkey.net>
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On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 22:20:45 +0000 Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 09:16:08PM +0100, Daniel Gerzo wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 8:54:23 PM, you wrote: > > > > > [ 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 <i>directly</i> over > > >> > | - anonymous FTP or NFS. All you need is > > >> > | + anonymous FTP or NFS. All you need are > > >> > | <a > > >> > | > > >> > | href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html">these > > >> > | directions</a>.</p> > > >> > > >> 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? > > > > I'm confused too, it sounds with "are" better to me, but I might be > > wrong. English fluents around, please step up and tell us what's the > > correct form of this sentence? > > I am a native speaker :) You call that English, gov? -- Tom Rhodes
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