Re: Strange English in the manual

[David Raleigh Arnold]

On Sunday 22 February 2004 09:07, Reuben Thomas wrote:
> "If a staff is ended halfway a piece,"
>
> Am I just being stupid, or is this a bit weird?

For a bunch of non-native English speakers, the developers
do a fantastic job of writing documentation.

The only exception is a persistent inability to write "staves"
instead of "staffs", but I think that is some kind of joke.
Some native speakers mess that up too.  ;-)

Your posts are helpful I'm sure, but supply a better rendering
if you can.  I'm sure you didn't intend sarcasm, did you?  daveA

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