Date: 16 Dec 2002 11:21:38 -0800 From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: issues with fdp-primer book Message-ID: <7lof7lhirh.f7l@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20021215235757.GL9246@gothmog.gr> References: <20021212233646.GA44211@v2project.com> <20021213080259.GA49067@v2project.com> <20021215001826.GA5083@gothmog.gr> <20021215030015.GA1228@xpee.worksforfood.com> <20021215235757.GL9246@gothmog.gr>
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> > > + PostScript or PDF output require that TeX is installed.</para>
> >
> > ...require that TeX be installed.
>
> I'm not sure about this one. Is it wrong with "is"? I need to reread
> my articles on English grammar it seems :)
I suspect that using "is" is a common practice in writing and acceptable
to most readers, at least by all but the few who know grammar well, and
I suspect it is more common than "be" in spoken English. I happen to
agree that "be" sounds more proper, but I've studied grammar little.
But both can easily, if not properly, be interpreted (if one didn't know
better) to mean that Tex must be RE-installed. It might be more clear
as "require an installed Tex" (or awkwardly, "require that TeX has been
installed", or even more awkwardly using "pre-installed").
BTW, I think that the first part actually should be "PostScript and PDF
^^^-NOTE
output require" (or, though I could argue against "or" (it sounds like
the writer doesn't know for which it's true), "Postscript or PDF output
requires").
^-NOTE
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