Re: debian-faq (was ... Re: upgrade to Wheezy fails with aptitude)
On 07/04/12 05:54, Lisi wrote:
> On Friday 06 April 2012 20:34:28 Chris Bannister wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 11:38:29AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>>> On 04/04/12 07:46, Lisi wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday 03 April 2012 22:35:00 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>>>>> Note that apt-get *installs* recommended packages by default since
>>>>> Lenny and starting with Squeeze is the preferred program to
>>>>> perform system installation and major system upgrades.
>>>>
>>>> Note that apt-get *has installed* recommended packages etc. surely?
>>>
>>> "since" makes that redundant.
>>> One of the keys to "plain English" is brevity. ;-)
>>
>> http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=4904#comment-303296
>>
>> --
>> "Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet."
>> -- Napoleon Bonaparte
>
> That is about spelling, not grammar. Since requires the perfect tense. It is
> quite simply wrong in English to say "since.... installs". Leave out the
> words "since Lenny", and "installs" becomes correct, but loses some of the
> intended meaning.
>
> Lisi
>
>
That comment is tediously laboured attempt at humour in a monetising
"story" ripped off from another April Fools joke. Any relevance to
anything is entirely coincidental.
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