From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48B01138350 for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 09:29:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B7DDDE09B4; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 09:29:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost03c.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost03c.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46AF6E0966 for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 09:29:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=peak.localnet) by smarthost03c.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1jL1b2-0001oq-MH for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2020 09:29:40 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] ...recreating exactly the same applications on a new harddisc? Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2020 10:29:40 +0100 Message-ID: <3046563.aeNJFYEL58@peak> In-Reply-To: <12496905.uLZWGnKmhe@peak> References: <20200404173459.eggbc2sijcnkw67j@solfire> <20200404195956.7uqeoj5c7xr7nchg@solfire> <12496905.uLZWGnKmhe@peak> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Originating-smarthost03c-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: 5e12ba2e-1769-4a8b-b0fc-b94d4b508321 X-Archives-Hash: c4001e5bac7b62553779cfd73d5be877 On Sunday, 5 April 2020 10:21:32 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday, 4 April 2020 20:59:56 BST tuxic@posteo.de wrote: > > I have some problems to understand, whether I understood... > > > > In the german language the "'s are often used to express the > > > > opposite of what is written in words. For example: > > What a "nice" weather it is...! > > > > will say: > > For heavens sake, what the hell all this rain is coming > > from!!!??? > > It's the same in English, except that "weather" is an uncountable noun, so > you can't have "a weather" - it's just "weather". > > I'd like to put in a word about punctuation. In English it is not > permissible to put a comma between the verb and its object*. It seems to be > required in German, but it destroys the natural flow in English. Thus, your > first sentence quoted above should not include a comma. > > HTH. > > * Sometimes you'll see a pair of commas there, setting off a parenthetical > expression, but by the nature of those, they don't really contribute to the > sentence, merely slipping a by-the-way phrase because it fits. "...slipping in..." Even Homer nods. :( -- Regards, Peter.