It appears the issue has already been submitted...it is number 52552.
On 8/14/05, David Rudel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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] > > > > >
