Gosh you guys are fast – I’m barely 1/3 through my bit.
Re the below – I would go along with using ‘sets’ as well. ‘Hit’ would be
fine for me – although I have had to grate my teeth and avoid the red pencil
with various American spellings of English words ☺
Rgds,
Rob.
From: Mark Garrow [mailto:markgar...@gmail.com]
Sent: 05 March 2013 18:12
To: David Vincent-Jones
Cc: Colin Adams; ulrich.pege...@tongareva.de;
darktable-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Ammon Riley; Rob Z. Smith
Subject: Re: [darktable-devel] wanted: proof-reader for usermanual
"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.
Best,
Mark Garrow
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