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

[David Jardine <david@jardine.de>]

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 06:38:34PM +0000, Lisi wrote:
> 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. 
> 

Do you really find it bad style?  As a native English speaker I find it 
the most elegant way to express the idea.  :)

Cheers,
David