I have completed chapters 4,5,6 and part of 7. Please review. If you have
any issues or questions about any of the proposed changes let me know :)
The file is available here...
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0Bx4LKjIszYzdX1BtLWZDaTltVlU/edit?usp=sharing
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Colin Adams <colinpaulad...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On 5 March 2013 18:12, Mark Garrow <markgar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > "Set' and 'Sets' appear to be used interchangeably as first words in a
> > number of paragraph/statements ..... as in 'Set the density of
> the
> > filter ......'. I read these instances of usage as instructions and
> not as
> > command statements."
> >
> > As a native speaker this is how I see it.. Look to page 16 for the
> location
> > of the content. The original "0-5 set the rating of the image"
> Example
> > 1> 0-5 set the ratings of an image 2> 0-5 sets the rating of an image.
> > The original is a command not a description. Example 1 is close but
> isn't
> > correct because ratings being plural implies you can assign more than a
> set
> > number of stars. However using the word "an" before "image" is correct.
> To
> > me the correct option is example 2. Think of the entire line like a
> > scentence, zero through five sets the rating of an image, "sets"
> becomes a
> > verb/action.
> >
> > I have another area of verbal conflict on the same page and table, and
> seen
> > throughout the document.. the use of "hit" instead of enter or press
> > (contextually dependent). Using colloquial English "hit" would be
> > acceptable. But if the English manual was used by a non-native speaker
> who
> > didn't have access to their language or was making comparisons, it
> wouldn't
> > translate well. I also doubt it would make sense outside of the U.S.,
> say
> > Australia, England.
>
> As an Englishman, I understand it, as a well-known Americanism.
> "Press" sounds so much less violent.
>
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