On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 06:38:34PM +0000, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 30 November 2010 12:22:57 Regid Ichira wrote: > > Consider the following: > > > > $ man bootlogd | grep -A4 DESCRIPTION > > DESCRIPTION > > Bootlogd runs in the background and copies all strings sent to the > > /dev/console device to a logfile. If the logfile is not accessible, > > the messages will be kept in memory until it is. > > > > I think there is a problem with the 2nd sentence. Doesn't it lacks an > > objective? Until when will the messages be kept in memory? > > No, there is no problem. The messages will be kept in memory until the > logfile is accessible. But to say it like that is bad style in this context. > > As it is written is definitely correct and is what a native English speaker > would say. >
Do you really find it bad style? As a native English speaker I find it the most elegant way to express the idea. :) Cheers, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101130191045.ga1...@gennes.augarten
