I didn't realize it would cause so many problems...I thought I had deleted from my message all indication that it was a reply. I just hit "reply" to avoid the inconvenience of having to retype the "to" line.
On 8/14/05, CPHennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Please do *not* start a new question by replying to an old one as this > causes > several problems: > 1) most email software will correctly think that your email is a response > to > the email you are "replying" to, and will indicate this by displaying your > email as a child of the original email > 2) because of this, people not interested in the original email may ignore > your question > 3) people may think that the original email has a reply(yours) so that > they do > not have to give it a reply > So in conclusion, more people will read your email if it looks like the > start > of a new thread rather than the reply to an old one. > > On Sunday 14 August 2005 04:19, David Rudel wrote: > > Hi, I have an "issue" but I am not sure that it really matches the > > categories on "Issuzilla." It is not a bug or an enhancement, etc. > > It is simply a grammatical error that is prevalent in open office. > > In particular, the "Less Options" label is grammatically incorrect. The > > correct label is "Fewer options." > > It might seem minor, but it is not a "either way" sort of thing in > English > > -- If you have a countable collection of objects you are comparing, you > use > > "Fewer" not "Less." > > "I bought less milk than you. " <--- The amount of milk is not > countable. > > "I bought fewer cartons of milk than you. " <--- The number of cartons > is. > > Ok, it does sound like a bug. > > > Does this matter? > I would hope that there are "less" issues which will be fixed before OOo > 2.0 :) But on the serious side, once this is in issuezilla, then at least > there is a reminder for the developers that it must change. maybe for > 2.0.1 > or maybe a less experienced developer can make this change. > > -- > CPH : openoffice.org <http://openoffice.org> contributor > > Maybe your question has been answered already? > http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
