Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:50:07 GMT From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/150490: newfs man page clarification Message-ID: <201009111550.o8BFo7J6033530@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/150490; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/150490: newfs man page clarification Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:20:06 -0400 > [snip] >> -NB: Erasing may take as long time as writing every sector on the disk. >> +NB: Erasing may take as long time as it writes to every sector on the d= isk. > > Uhm, I believe the original wording is correct. =C2=A0The "as" in "as wri= ting" here > does not stand for "because"; it's part of a "as ... as ..." construction > which... oh, well, all right :) =C2=A0I guess it might be a bit clearer t= o say > something like: > > =C2=A0Erasing may take time as long as writing every sector on the disk. > > ...or something like that, though it's not much clearer than the original= :) > The original author's point here is that the time that erasing takes is > as long (a time) as (the time it takes) writing every sector on the disk. > > Or something like that :) > Erasing the disk will take as much time as it takes to write to every sector on the disk. Erasing may take a long time as it writes to every sector on the disk. Erasing will take as much time as writing every sector to disk takes. Take your pick ;-) If it matters I'm a native speaker and the original sentence does not make sense to me as is. --=20 Eitan Adler
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