[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Bug#57974: bad english in startup screen :)

[Jules Bean <jmlb2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Lalo Martins wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 01:22:18AM +0000, Chris Waters wrote:
> > 
> > The startup screen for the freeciv client (at least on the gtk+
> > version), says: "-Cause civilization should be free".  "Cause" is a
> > verb, not a preposition.  "BEcause" is a preposition.  If they really
> > want to use a contraction of "because", they should put in an apostrophe
> > to distinguish it from the verb, i.e. "'Cause".
> > 
> > I know, I know, it's a minor point, but it just grates every time I see
> > it.  It looks *very* unprofessional.  Just the addition of an apostrophe
> > would *at least* make it look deliberate instead of like a dumb mistake.
> 
> As I'm Brazilian, I'm guessing, but I think it's slang.
> 

Maybe, probably not.  Used thus (slang) it's normally spelt 'cos' or
'coz'.  I defintely vote for putting the apostrophe in, and preferably
simply replacing it with 'because'.

Jules

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