From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Dec 21 17:19: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mail5.speakeasy.net (mail5.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.205]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1F0337B421 for ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 17:18:53 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 7661 invoked from network); 22 Dec 2001 01:18:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO laptop.baldwin.cx) ([64.81.54.73]) (envelope-sender ) by mail5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 22 Dec 2001 01:18:52 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <200112220040.fBM0e2Z07763@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 17:18:34 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin To: Chern Lee Subject: Re: docs/32578: A _really_ petty change to the front page of the Cc: , freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 22-Dec-01 Chern Lee wrote: > The following reply was made to PR docs/32578; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Chern Lee > To: Ceri > Cc: > Subject: Re: docs/32578: A _really_ petty change to the front page of the > website > Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 16:35:32 -0800 (PST) > > I'm not sure if I follow what you are trying to say... > > (FreeBSD can) run a huge variety of applications. This makes perfect > sense. But these are not complete sentence, just fragments. > > (FreeBSD) runs a huge variety of applications. - makes sense > > As a fragment, both run and runs make sense, because they can be prefixed > with something to make it complete. > > I think it's fine the way it is. Hmm, I find them awkward for a different reason: 1, 2, and 4 don't start with a verb, which is what makes this awkard. Nevertheless, after re-reading the page, I read #3 more as the reader can use FreeBSD to run a huge variety of applications, and for the implied you, the verb is correct. If there was someway to restate #3 so as not to use a verb, I think I would prefer that, but I can't think of a clean way of doing that atm. Well, one way might be to be explicit and say "FreeBSD has ...", "FreeBSD can implement...", "FreeBSD can...", "FreeBSD is...". -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message