On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 08:44, Wolfgang Rohdewald wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.10.18 > Severity: minor > Tags: sid > > maybe it's my not so perfect english, but > this message sound to me as if the package has earlier been selected, > then deselected and now selected again. Sounds like so to me as well, and I'm a native English speaker. > IOW and IMHO deselected is the result of an action (change from > selected to unselected) whereas unselected is a state. > > This is consistent with the dictionary at www.britannica.com: > "to deselect" is a transitive verb > "to unselect" does not exist. > "unselected" is defined as "not selected". > > I propose to change the message to "selecting previously unselected" Unselected is a much better adjective than deselect tries to be. In addition, using "deselected" may accidentally cause the user to make a connection between deselect and dselect and end up confused if he is reading too fast. I know that I did. :)
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