[Zope-CMF] Re: [Fwd: Re: DCWorkflow small glitch]

[Tres Seaver]

Dorneles Treméa wrote:
> Hi Tres,
> 
>> Shane Hathaway wrote:
>>
>>> Because that would be silly grammar. :-)  Tres' suggestion is better, 
>>> although I still don't know what's wrong with it.
>>
>>
>> I found the syntax a bit jarring, myself;  I can imagine that a 
>> non-native speaker would be confused by it.
>>
>> BTW, multiple "or"'s in a sentence is a valid, but rarer case in 
>> English:  it emphasizes (pretty strongly) the alternative nature of 
>> the list.  In fact, I can't imagine speaking such a sentence without 
>> adding emPHAsis to the "or"'s.
> 
> 
> so, just to finish this small issue (with an unnecessary growing
> thread), we'll:
> 
> a) keep current behavior?: 'word1 ; word2; word3 or word4'
> 
> b) or change all ';' by 'or'?: 'word1 or word2 or word3 or word4'

I would prefer to change the whole construct to:

c) "Requires one of the roles:  'Role A', 'Role b, with included comma'"

Tres
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