I'm 100% behind the suggestion to 'reword' below. On 2006-11-08 09:38, John E Hein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BUT... that said, another good rule is that if something is awkward, > maybe it should be rewritten. > > Why not s/All you need are these directions/Read this to learn how/ > or something similar? > > Note that the linked "directions" say: > > "It is suggested that you use this chapter as a general guide rather > than a literal installation manual." > > They (the directions) aren't necessarily all I need anyway. I need > a computer, maybe a CD or a network connection. ;) > > Back to my regularly scheduled lurking.
I originally thought "boy, this is a funny sentence". Then I considered
asking Daniel to reword it, to make it less confusing. I'm still in
support of this.
Let us find a way to phrase this, which is less ambiguous regarding
plural vs. singular, commit it and be done, alright?
We have spend too much time on a sentence which looks ambiguous. My own
(personal) rule for handling this sort of thing is:
"If it looks odd, replace it with something not odd."
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