cvs commit: www/en about.sgml

Daniel Gerzo gerzo at micronet.sk
Tue Nov 7 20:16:22 UTC 2006


Hello,

Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 8:54:23 PM, you wrote:

> [ Not a native speaker ]

> On Tuesday 07 November 2006 19:55, Ceri Davies wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 04:54:31PM +0000, Daniel Gerzo wrote:
>> > danger      2006-11-07 16:54:31 UTC
>> >
>> >   FreeBSD doc repository
>> >
>> >   Modified files:
>> >     en                   about.sgml
>> >   Log:
>> >   - improve grammar
>> >
>> > | @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
>> > |                   including CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, floppy disk, magnetic tape,
>> > |                   an MS-DOS® partition, or if you have a network
>> > |                   connection, you can install it <i>directly</i> over
>> > | -                 anonymous FTP or NFS. All you need is
>> > | +                 anonymous FTP or NFS.  All you need are
>> > |                   <a
>> > |                    
>> > | href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html">these
>> > | directions</a>.</p>
>>
>> This change isn't correct - "these directions" is the object of this
>> sentence and the verb "is" should agree with the subject "all you
>> need", which is singular.

> I was confused by this, can you tell me if the following sounds right?

I'm confused too, it sounds with "are" better to me, but I might be
wrong. English fluents around, please step up and tell us what's the
correct form of this sentence?

> The subject is "All", "you need" is a relative clause (think "All (that)
> you need").  According to http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary/all the
> pronoun can be either singular or plural - depending on the part of the
> meaning you want to emphasis.

>> See sections 5.23 and 5.24 of the CMS.

> Forgive my ignorance, what is the CMS?

-- 
Best regards,
 Daniel                            mailto:gerzo at micronet.sk



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