[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       mandrake-cooker-i18n
Subject:    Re: [i18n] detect.po
From:       Jeferson Lopes Zacco <wooky_linuxer () ig ! com ! br>
Date:       2002-02-19 0:39:46
[Download RAW message or body]

So I guess I have a point (though I wasn't entirely correct), the "THE" 
in the msgid is wrong in the first place. Unless it's different in 
British English... :^)

Daniel Bodanske wrote:

>  > It was mostly a curiosity, I haven't come across it in my
> 
>>translations... but I'd like a native English speaker to
>>check that, 
>>AFAIK "the"  would be used only in the following context:
>>
>>On (At?) Sunday THE 1st etc...
>>
> In American English:
> "At 12:45 PM on Sunday, the 26th of March, we will be
> hosting a meeting..."
> at TIME
> on DAY 
> on DATE
> in MONTH
> in YEAR
> in the morning / afternoon / evening
> at noon / midnight / night
> And yes, I'm a native speaker.  I also teach EFL.
> Daniel
> 
> 
> 


-- 
--
shinjiteiru shinjirareru,
korekara aruku kono michi wo!
kimi ga iru yo, boku ga iru yo
sore ijou nani mo iranai.
umareta imi ,sagasu yori mo
ima ikiteru koto kanjite,
kotae yori mo, daiji na mono
hitotsu hitotsu mitsuketeiku...


[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]