On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 6:42 AM, Joe Pfeiffer <pfeif...@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote: > Tom Roche <tom_ro...@pobox.com> writes: > >> Lisi Reisz Fri, 23 May 2014 17:10:49 +0100 >>> "box" is a verb, so I found it confusing. >> >> You are indeed confused. As a native speaker of English, I can assure >> you, 'box' is both noun and verb. >> Also, having been "in computing" in the US for decades, I can assure >> you, 'box' as a noun is widely used to refer to informatic devices >> generically. > > While you are correct, the sentence structure leads one to expect 'box' > as a verb and 'ethernets' as a noun. Speaking as another native > speaker, it took me two passes to read what was intended there.
Tip for future writers: If it might be ambiguous, tag the noun with an article. "The box ethernets..." is unambiguously noun-then-verb; "Box the ethernets..." is unambiguously verb-then-noun. But this is off topic and I'm probably about to get told off for posting. ChrisA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAPTjJmrCuCakEa=ABu9nMEw1-u=njEM_Qo8q=T05hHL50=8...@mail.gmail.com
