On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:02:22 -0600 Scott Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Daniel Gerzo wrote: > > > Quoting Ceri Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> > >> No, we're arguing over grammar. The sentence currently renders as > >> something like: > >> > >> Alternatively, to load the fxp(4) as a module at boot time... > >> > > > > I proposed the following change: > > > > Alternatively, to load > > .Ns Nm > > module at boot time... > > > >> That's wrong. Getting rid of "the" works. > >> > > > > It should read: > > Alternatively, to load the fxp(4) driver as a module at boot time... > > not > > Alternatively, to load fxp(4) module at boot time... > > nor > > Alternatively, to load the fxp(4) as a module at boot time... > > nor > > Alternatively, to load the fxp(4) as a module at boot time... > > The following is correct, but is inconsistent with the preceding > context. There has been no introduction in text of the term > 'module', so trying to interchange it with the term 'driver', which > has been introduced, is clumsy. Furthermore, the terms 'driver' and > 'module' are not synonymous in the context, and thus are not > interchangable. > > Alternatively, to load the fxp(4) module at boot time... I'd like to see "driver" and "module" removed from this particular example page. :) > > That said, attention to detail in the docs is _always_ appreciated, > and good, open discussions are always welcomed. It's just a bit > surrealistic to watch a grammar discussion happen between a group of > non-native speakers at 3am =-) Yea, why ARE you up right now? :P -- Tom Rhodes _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
