Re: gettext: commands/*

[Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs@gmail.com>]

Colin Watson wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 01:16:04PM +0100, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
>> === modified file 'commands/halt.c'
>> --- commands/halt.c	2009-12-03 23:07:29 +0000
>> +++ commands/halt.c	2009-12-21 00:10:33 +0000
>> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static grub_command_t cmd;
>>  GRUB_MOD_INIT(halt)
>>  {
>>    cmd = grub_register_command ("halt", grub_cmd_halt,
>> -			       0, "halts the computer.  This command does not"
>> +			       0, "Halts the computer.  This command does not"
>>  			       " work on all firmware.");
>> I would rather say "On *every* firmware."
> 
> That doesn't sound grammatical to this native speaker, because you use
> "every" with singular count nouns and "firmware" isn't pluralisable -
> I'm not sure of its exact grammatical category but it feels like a mass
> noun to me. Besides, "does not work on all" feels more idiomatically
> correct than "does not work on every".
> 
> "All firmware" is definitely better, but you could use "all firmware
> implementations" if you wanted to be crystal-clear.

I believe it would be also correct to say

  This command does not work on some firmware implementations.

   -- Bruce