On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:08:32 +0200, Gerfried Fuchs <[email protected]> wrote: > * Stefano Zacchiroli <[email protected]> [2012-04-09 14:02:02 CEST]: > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 02:28:58PM +0100, Francesca Ciceri wrote: > > > So, I wrote a draft - mainly based on the one [4] created for Ubuntu > > > by Matt Zimmerman with the help of Mary Gardiner, Valerie Aurora > > > and Benjamin Mako Hill - and I'd like to propose it to the DPL to be > > > official published. > > > But I'd also like to have some inputs from you all, on it. > > > > Dear all, > > here is a wrap-up (of the wrap-up (of the...)) that Francesca has just > > shared with me based on the last feedback on list. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > The Debian Project welcomes and encourages participation by everyone. > > > > It doesn't matter how you identify yourself or how others perceive you: > > we welcome you. We welcome contributions from everyone as long as they > > interact constructively with our community. > > > > While much of the work for our project is technical in nature, we value > > and encourage contributions from those with expertise in other areas, > > and welcome them into our community. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Shouldn't there be a "too" added after "in other areas", my first > thought was "we don't value contributions in the technical area?" when > reading this.
It strikes me as unnecessary, but as you say, maybe that's because I
think it's being implied (as a native speaker), and non-natives will
perceive it differently.
If it is deemed that the clarification is needed, then adding 'too' is
not the way to do it -- instead we could go for:
adding 'also' after 'we':
... technical in nature, we also value and encourage contributions ...
or perhaps adding 'as well' where you were suggesting 'too':
... with expertise in other areas as well, ...
I think I prefer the first.
Cheers, Phil.
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