From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Jun 10 17:33:37 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (mta03-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D240837B84F for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2000 17:33:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.88.75]) by mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000611003333.MMZX290.mta03-svc.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 01:33:33 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA01175; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 01:33:32 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 01:33:32 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Sean Kelly Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Daniel Harris Subject: Re: docs/19186: Semi-overhaul docs.html Message-ID: <20000611013332.J233@parish> References: <200006102340.QAA01981@freefall.freebsd.org> <005b01bfd336$b2e96c40$6a1010ac@rosetta.zon> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <005b01bfd336$b2e96c40$6a1010ac@rosetta.zon>; from kelly@ad1440.net on Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 04:50:45PM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 04:50:45PM -0700, Sean Kelly wrote: > > Surely "was" is correct here? "distribution" is singular, you wouldn't > > say "if it were installed" would you? > > Yes, I think you'd say "was." You'd say "were" even for a singular in the > subjunctive case, but this isn't sunjunctive. > Re-reading it I now agree with Daniel. It says "where you would find..." not "where you will find..." so yes, it is in the subjunctive. > I think. > > --Sean > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message -- Want a lean, mean, computing machine? Get rid of that excess FAT - install FreeBSD ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message