Re: [L10N] issues with strings in DI
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 10:36:07AM +0300, Eddy Petrisor wrote:
> > > I think I remember about this type of construnction of being wrong in English.
> > > All the times of the verbs in subordinated sentences should be at a later or
> > > same as the main sentence, within a phrase.
> > I've never heard that rule, and it's wrong; I can think of several
> > counterexamples which are perfectly correct English. The rule I would
> > use (and I just made this up, but I'm reasonably sure of my ground) is
> > that the tense in the subordinate clause is relative to the tense of the
> > main sentence.
> That's exactly what I meant :D , but I couldn't phrase it this well as
> you did (native speaker's advantage :)
> > The original sentence is correct. "When your computer will boot" sounds
> > wrong, and in general "when <future tense>" is rarely correct.
> ( When will he come home? - correct :P )
More common:
When will he be home?
When is he coming home?
:)
> Then what about:
> "During the start up, you will be able to choose to load one of these
> operating systems or your new system."
start up -> startup
But I don't see anything wrong with the original text that warrants fixing.
--
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer
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