Re: Advice on template wording

[Clytie Siddall <clytie@riverland.net.au>]

On 03/12/2006, at 11:36 PM, MJ Ray wrote:

> Clytie Siddall <clytie@riverland.net.au> wrote:
> > On 03/12/2006, at 6:20 AM, MJ Ray wrote:
> > > >  Since version 1.5.3.4780-12 firebird server packages use  
> > > > debconf to
> > >
> > > s/4780-12 /4780-12, /   ;# maybe less of a matter of opinion?
> >
> > Necessary, unless you would say that string without the slightest
> > pause. ;)
>
> I place commas to mark small breaks in the delivery (natural
> placement), but I know some others (apparently including Strunk)
> advocate a more pattern-based placement.

These fashions come and go. ;)

I've seen a lot of them over the years. Too much analysis, not enough  
emphasis on real language. The way people speak, and what they say  
when they do, is the real data. Written language is based on spoken  
language, and spoken language is a living thing and thus not  
particularly cooperative with theories and lines of best fit.

So I agree with your usage. :)

from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhóm  
Việt hóa phần mềm tự do)
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/vi-VN

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