Ben Finney <[email protected]> writes: > Jakub Wilk <[email protected]> writes: >> * Russ Allbery <[email protected]>, 2010-06-16, 11:07:
>> >+ continue to do so (but be aware that this is often an error >> >+ that should be fixed rather than using <tt>Conflicts</tt> -- >> >+ see, for example, <ref id="binaries">),</item> >> I find the phrase in parentheses awkwardly worded. (I am not a native >> speaker.) > How about this: > + continue to do so (but be aware that this is often an error, > + and it should be fixed instead of using <tt>Conflicts</tt>. > + See, for example, <ref id="binaries">),</item> The reason why it's phrased the way it is was to avoid complete sentences inside a parenthetical embedded in the middle of another sentence. Maybe I should just make that a separate paragraph or something. Ugh. -- Russ Allbery ([email protected]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
