>From my native (New Zealand) English speaking perspective the way its worded currently seems to sound right and the alternate (gets) version seems not quite right - the wonders of English :)
Personally, using https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-english-verb-get.html and https://www.englishgrammar.org/simple-present-present-continuous-tense-differences/ as a reference, I think that "is getting" is probably the more correct term for its current use. Having said that though, I'm not overly fussed with which is being used :) Richard. On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 at 11:32, Jamie Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: > Warning: Opinions Follow! :) > > I wouldn't bring this up if the message were anywhere else but I find > myself staring at the Jenkins startup screen more than I would like. It is > also probably the first thing any new Jenkins user sees. > > Currently, the message <#m_-7620564545364750833_L54]> reads: > > Please wait while Jenkins is getting ready to work > > It's hard to explain why, but from my perspective as a native (American) > English speaker, that strikes me as incorrect at worst, or slightly awkward > at best. The word, "while," makes the present-continuous form, "is > getting," seem strange. > > This works better (present-simple form): > > Please wait while Jenkins gets ready to work > > The following may be even better (albeit only slightly) than the above, > since it's less redundant. (Note: I care less about this change.) > > Please wait while Jenkins gets ready > > I'm interested to know what others think. > > Thanks, > Jamie > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CA%2BonWPcX5JkD%2BOoJHTaeko81Ode0uL5oN_EGhphxCODi_SoMTg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CA%2BonWPcX5JkD%2BOoJHTaeko81Ode0uL5oN_EGhphxCODi_SoMTg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAAy0hwcBN5F6dHfS8ZR7WXjTYBrxcPv03ZzUFsUa3VoexLGiHw%40mail.gmail.com.
