Bug#763410: bug#763410: [installation-guide] 4.3.1: "written directly a USB stick"
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> Section 4.3.1. Preparing a USB stick using a hybrid CD or DVD image starts
with:
> > Debian CD and DVD images can now be written directly a USB stick, which is
a very easy way to make a bootable USB stick.
>
> A preposition such as "on" or "to" is missing between "directly" and "a".
"can now be written directly to a USB stick" would be much better.
(patch attached)
> By the way, my English is not native, but 4.3's introduction looks like it
contains a Frenchism to me:
> > You should be able to see to which device the USB stick was mapped by
running the command dmesg after inserting it.
>
> Shouldn't "to which device the USB stick was mapped" read "which device the
USB stick was mapped to"?
Yes and no. "To which ..." avoids the stranded preposition ("to" at the end of
the sentence). It's not overly awkward in this sense so in formal
documentation the "to which" form is just fine. It's certainly not
conversational English and it's perhaps overly formal for Debian
documentation.
(Describing it as a Frenchism is almost right -- this sort of construction
comes from an 18th century fetish for using Latin grammar in English that was
motivated by a combination of romantic nationalism, a desire to formalise and
an awareness of Francophone roots.)
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Stuart Prescott http://www.nanonanonano.net/ stuart@nanonanonano.net
Debian Developer http://www.debian.org/ stuart@debian.org
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From: Stuart Prescott <stuart@debian.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 23:02:17 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Typo fix in USB section (#763410)
Add missing word to sentence.
---
manual/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/manual/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml b/manual/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml
index bb344d7..e766cab 100644
--- a/manual/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml
+++ b/manual/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ information on for example a hard disk could be lost.
<title>Preparing a USB stick using a hybrid CD or DVD image</title>
<para>
-Debian CD and DVD images can now be written directly a USB stick,
+Debian CD and DVD images can now be written directly to a USB stick,
which is a very easy way to make a bootable USB stick. Simply choose
a CD or DVD image that will fit on your USB stick. See
<xref linkend="official-cdrom"/> to get a CD or DVD image.
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