Bug#615646: [installation-guide] How do I know which CD has the package I need?
Hi,
Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 02:41:44PM -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 11:59:34AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 07:50:18AM +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
> > > > +Also, keep in mind: if the CDs/DVDs you are using don't contain some packages
> > > > +you need, you can always install that packages afterwards from your running
> > > > +new Debian system (after the installation has finished). If you need to know,
> > >
> > > Drop the comma (you do need it in German, but English doesn't need it)
> >
> > If the subordinate clause precedes the main clause, then the comma is
> > mandatory. Likewise, even if "then" is implied, the comma is
> > mandatory. That said, a comma separating the subordinate and main
> > clause is not mandatory if the subordinate clause follows the main
> > clause. /\
> > no comma
> > If you need to know, on which CD/DVD to find a specific package,
> > visit... /\ /\
> > no comma, because /
> > "on which...package" mandatory comma =/
> > is a propositional for the "if...package"
> > phrase subordinate clause
> >
> > Are prepositional phrases enclosed by commas in German grammar?
>
> I don't know all the grammatical jargon :-) and my German is old and
> rusty, but yes, when translated to German the phrase above would need a
> comma after "know". I didn't mean to say it wouldn't need one after
> "package"; it does there, which is why I didn't quote that part of the
> message.
>
> In general, German requires a lot more commas than other languages do. I
> guess they're more relaxed and can take breaks more often ;-)
Me too, I cannot recall the exact grammatical rules, but in German we
need the comma at both places.
Holger
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