On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 05:26:09PM +0200, lee wrote: > "The administrator installed disapproved software. Since then, many
No. That would have got you a smack over the hand with a ruler. :) > users have had trouble with the system and the administrator became > deprecated." Doesn't seem right. People don't become deprecated, not in common usage anyway. > "Disapproved" would now be an adjective, same as "deprecated". In both > cases, "deprecated" is an adjective. You could also say "... and > deprecated the administrator". What would that be? That would be wrong, and another smack over the hand with a ruler, for arguing with the "teacher" (not me, just imagining you sitting in your chair with teacher standing over you with ruler.) > Are you saying it's not possible to say that "the administrator > installed disapproved software" because "disapproved" cannot be used as > an adjective? Yes. > How do you call it when software or an administrator is being > deprecated, i. e. the process of deprecating something/making something I can only think of the word "redundant" (surplus to requirements) at the moment. e.g. The administrator was made redundant because of restructuring. > software doesn't make the software deprecated, like someone can > disapprove of libreoffice, which doesn't mean it's deprecated.) True. I'm sure Lisi could explain it better, although it is getting way off topic. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- 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/20120912234403.GF28111@tal
