Re: [Info-mtools] [PATCH] Correct grammatical errors in documentation

[Moritz Barsnick]

Hi Chris,

On Sat, Jan 05, 2019 at 15:38:32 +0100, Chris Lamb wrote:

> -available on Linux, as it is only useful if the OS kernel allows to
> -configure the disk geometry. Its syntax is:
> +available on Linux, as it is only useful if the OS kernel allows
> +configuration of the disk geometry. Its syntax is:

Interesting, "allows to" is not a commonly accepted way of putting
this? (My semi-native English is a bit rusty in these things. This
seems like a typical German way of avoiding the "you" in there. I
actually tried to look it up:
https://english.stackexchange.com/a/103971 You never stop learning!
;-))

> -Mtools supports a number of formats which allow to store more data on
> +Mtools supports a number of formats which allows storage of more data on

"formats" continues to be plural, so "allow", not "allows". ("allow"
refers to the formats, not to the support, IMO.)

> -Mtools supports a number of formats which allow to store more data on
> +Mtools supports a number of formats which allows storage of more data on
>  disk as usual.  Due to different operating system abilities, these

Actually, "as usual" is also totally wrong, it should say "than usual",
which has a different meaning.

> -   However, the devices files also allows to supply geometry setting
> +   However, the devices files also allows you supply geometry setting

Again, "files" is plural, so "allow".

(The same text segments appear multiple times, of course.)

Cheers,
Moritz, a sucker for good documentation