Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:21:51 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/150490: newfs man page clarification Message-ID: <4C8E418F.8010008@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201009131004.51306.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <201009111550.o8BFo7J6033530@freefall.freebsd.org> <201009131004.51306.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On 9/13/10 10:04 AM, John Baldwin wrote: > 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). > Good, that's the one I picked too. :) Regards, -- Glen Barberhelp
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