Re: Non native English speaker is checking whether a phrasing should be filed a minor bug report.

[Lisi <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Tuesday 30 November 2010 12:22:57 Regid Ichira wrote:
>  Consider the following:
>
> $ man bootlogd | grep -A4 DESCRIPTION
> DESCRIPTION
>        Bootlogd runs in the background and copies all strings sent  to  the
>        /dev/console  device to a logfile. If the logfile is not accessible,
>        the messages will be kept in memory until it is.
>
> I think there is a problem with the 2nd sentence.  Doesn't it lacks an
> objective?  Until when will the messages be kept in memory?

No, there is no problem.  The messages will be kept in memory until the 
logfile is accessible.  But to say it like that is bad style in this context.  
As it is written is definitely correct and is what a native English speaker 
would say. 

Lisi