On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 18:06:27 +0200 (CEST) Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am no native english speaker. We can switch this discussion to > German if you like. [CUT OUT] > If you believe that the man page should be rewritten, you are welcome > to do the job! > > I would be happy if at least some of the cdrtools users leave their > attitute of only waiting for being supplied with free software. Since the discussion drifted to language, I'd like to comment on the following cdrecord output: Track 01: 5 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 10.6x. 2.47% done, estimate finish Sat Oct 26 04:57:16 2002 I believe "estimate finish" is better rendered as "estimated finish", unless the phrase expands to "I estimate the burn will finish at [*]". Otherwise I tend to read it as "The burn's estimated finish is at [*]", where "estimated" is used as a participle modifiying the noun "finish." Constructions similar to this would be "unwritten law" or "estimated time of arrival" (ETA). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
