[austechwriter] Re: A nice grammatical question to end off the week!
- From: "Deborah Cross" <Deborah.Cross@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 15:47:30 +1000
When the developer says "Configuring SQL-Server" this means the package =
SQL-Server, not the server that it actually goes on. So you would be =
"configuring SQL server to put on the server". An equivalent you might =
be more familiar with is "configuring MS Word for your PC". You =
wouldn't say "configuring the MS Word for your PC".
So I am thinking that ERP might actually be the program rather than the =
name of the server? If so you would drop the article.=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Bridget Knaus [mailto:bridget.knaus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 3:27 PM
To: 'austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [austechwriter] A nice grammatical question to end off the
week!
I've been queried in my use of English by a developer (how dare he!!). =
I've
been using the article "the" before referring to a server, he says:
=20
<snip>The documentation regularly refers to ERS using a "the". For =
example
"Configuring the Expert Rule Server" or "Using the ERS via a .NET =
Client"
=20
I think this is akward. You would never see the phrase "Configuring the
SQL-Server" in microsoft help.
=20
It should be "Configuring SQL-Server", "Configuring Expert Rule Server" =
and
"Using ERS via a .NET Client"<snip>
=20
The MS Manual of Style uses an article, but the help for SQL Server =
doesn't.
What do you think (apart from the fact he can't spell)?
BM__MailAutoSigBridget Knaus
Technical Communications Team
Softlaw Corporation Limited
<outbind://42/www.softlaw.com.au> www.softlaw.com.au
Phone +61 2 6270 3200
Facsimile +61 2 6270 3299
=20
The views expressed in this message are those of the sender. The sender =
in
no way purports to represent the views of SoftLaw or its employees.
=20
=20
**************************************************
To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to =
austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to =
austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject =
field.
To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =
with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field.
To search the austechwriter archives, go to =
www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter
To contact the list administrator, send a message to =
austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
**************************************************
**************************************************
To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to
austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to
austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field.
To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with
"unsubscribe" in the Subject field.
To search the austechwriter archives, go to
www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter
To contact the list administrator, send a message to
austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
**************************************************
Other related posts:
