On 5 March 2013 18:12, Mark Garrow <[email protected]> wrote: > "Set' and 'Sets' appear to be used interchangeably as first words in a > number of paragraph/statements ..... as in 'Set the density of the > filter ......'. I read these instances of usage as instructions and not as > command statements." > > As a native speaker this is how I see it.. Look to page 16 for the location > of the content. The original "0-5 set the rating of the image" Example > 1> 0-5 set the ratings of an image 2> 0-5 sets the rating of an image. > The original is a command not a description. Example 1 is close but isn't > correct because ratings being plural implies you can assign more than a set > number of stars. However using the word "an" before "image" is correct. To > me the correct option is example 2. Think of the entire line like a > scentence, zero through five sets the rating of an image, "sets" becomes a > verb/action. > > I have another area of verbal conflict on the same page and table, and seen > throughout the document.. the use of "hit" instead of enter or press > (contextually dependent). Using colloquial English "hit" would be > acceptable. But if the English manual was used by a non-native speaker who > didn't have access to their language or was making comparisons, it wouldn't > translate well. I also doubt it would make sense outside of the U.S., say > Australia, England.
As an Englishman, I understand it, as a well-known Americanism. "Press" sounds so much less violent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb _______________________________________________ darktable-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-devel
