>From: csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> 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).
The text is not from cdrecord but from mkisofs and has been writtn by
Eric Youngdale - a nativ English speaking american.
Jörg
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