Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:04:51 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Subject: Re: docs/150490: newfs man page clarification Message-ID: <201009131004.51306.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201009111550.o8BFo7J6033530@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <201009111550.o8BFo7J6033530@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Saturday, September 11, 2010 11:50:07 am Eitan Adler wrote: > The following reply was made to PR docs/150490; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> > To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> > Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: docs/150490: newfs man page clarification > Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:20:06 -0400 > > > [snip] > >> -NB: Erasing may take as long time as writing every sector on the disk. > >> +NB: Erasing may take as long time as it writes to every sector on the d= > isk. > > > > Uhm, I believe the original wording is correct. =C2=A0The "as" in "as wri= > ting" here > > does not stand for "because"; it's part of a "as ... as ..." construction > > which... oh, well, all right :) =C2=A0I guess it might be a bit clearer t= > o say > > something like: > > > > =C2=A0Erasing may take time as long as writing every sector on the disk. > > > > ...or something like that, though it's not much clearer than the original= > :) > > The original author's point here is that the time that erasing takes is > > as long (a time) as (the time it takes) writing every sector on the disk. > > > > Or something like that :) > > > > Erasing the disk will take as much time as it takes to write to every > sector on the disk. > Erasing may take a long time as it writes to every sector on the disk. > Erasing will take as much time as writing every sector to disk takes. > > Take your pick ;-) > > If it matters I'm a native speaker and the original sentence does not > make sense to me as is. Agreed, all three of those options are better than the original. I would probably vote for 2). -- John Baldwinhelp
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