From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NMkwu-00019t-OJ for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:17:32 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NMkwt-00019i-NL for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:17:31 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NMkwn-00016w-PD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:17:29 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35275 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NMkwn-00016g-LT for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:17:25 -0500 Received: from mail-yx0-f191.google.com ([209.85.210.191]:40608) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NMkwn-00036k-Gn for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:17:25 -0500 Received: by yxe29 with SMTP id 29so14772336yxe.14 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:17:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=h+m+P8jLGHzgeO6pcZtOD7COFF4Fgo8n+BgFXy7M3y0=; b=nnRkghME4NS7iWUQhncuvgQEwZu2ERH2v4tAYe2yOT+rCs1NBsSZooE9kMSroI6AkK nRE82MI/TCg9s2mYJzVYLet8JPMw0YyTp8vC8jBCFHtENF/qM1qvWS9WgVyyza6INIWY UhyXElG5nF7WqIWPfhUSA7lGL2q2sBm8buHw4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=E7TbS1mNbB7NW/r/2JN/0a3RNcndnGx+I1scwVSbyETpr68PXpvmAG9mX+sr/EpljC MXwecZwmVYhpBw8KHvtIgAHHC8j9+GbPtnDEOBnhuxi4IrOgL/oQRdyNVormWOWRlNgM w+5ETBen566gK3fV6/sV1K4aBFumKBg2V8wLk= Received: by 10.150.37.7 with SMTP id k7mr11493313ybk.79.1261412244598; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:17:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.0.75? (cpe-66-69-97-231.satx.res.rr.com [66.69.97.231]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 35sm2392060yxh.33.2009.12.21.08.17.23 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:17:23 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B2F9F92.2020203@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:17:22 -0600 From: Bruce Dubbs User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080722 SeaMonkey/1.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB References: <20091206182228.GA15091@pina.cat> <4B1D8E54.5010702@gmail.com> <20091221002140.GA8691@pina.cat> <4B2F6704.50107@gmail.com> <20091221123734.GE5847@riva.ucam.org> In-Reply-To: <20091221123734.GE5847@riva.ucam.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: gettext: commands/* X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:17:31 -0000 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