Re: [RFR2] po-debconf://grub2/en.po
On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 06:09:24PM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote:
>
> > + Because of this, there is a risk of your system becomes unbootable: if
> > + update-grub(8) is run before GRUB is updated, it will generate a grub.cfg
> > + file that your installed GRUB won't yet be able to parse correctly. To
> > + ensure the your system will be able to boot, you should:
>
> The original version had an error here, which you seem to have
> missed. I guess this should be "To ensure that your system"..."
Eep, yes.
> I'm also tempted to push a more neutral wording here and there: "the
> system" instead of "your system". More generally speaking, but that's
> indeed one of my favourite horses to ride: even though some think that
> directly addressing users is "more friendly", I think that
> professionnal writing involves being as neutral as possible.
Yes, agreed.
> "there's a risk of your system becomes unbootable"
>
> is that a correct syntax?
>
> I would rather write "there's a risk of your system becomING
> unbootable" but I'm not entirely sure that this is only because I'm a
> french native speaker..:)
Eep, again. Your correction is good -- must remember not to do this kind
of proof-reading before my first cup of tea of the day!
Cheers,
Dominic.
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