Re: Yet one more - really need an explanation for this one

[Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>]

If XX Systems are continuing in their dvlpt, then "are" is fine.

Or, if the an iteration is ready to ship but dvlpt continues, then "are" is
still OK.

If all dvlpt has stopped, then "was" is the grammatically-correct choice,
although I agree with Kathleen that the client is (usually) always right
(except when they're flat-out wrong).

> Chris

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Kathleen MacDowell <
kathleen -at- writefortheuser -dot- com> wrote:

> The client is always right :-) I don't think this is a grammatical issue,
> although perhaps there's something else in the context that would make it
> so.
>
> My take: It sounds to me like they want to write from the perspective that
> development is on-going.
>
> PS I'm getting dups of all your emails, Deborah. Any idea what's going on?
>
> Kathleen
>
> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Deborah Hemstreet <
> dvora -at- tech-challenged -dot- com> wrote:
>
> >  Hi All,
> >
> > I have a sentence that reads:
> >
> > XX Systems were developed based on over 10 years of research ...
> >
> > The client wants:
> >
> > XX Systems *are *developed based on over 10 years of research ...
> >
> > I am certain that "are" is incorrect here, but don't know how to explain
> > this. Can you help?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Deborah
> >
> > http://www.tech-challenged.com
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> >
>
> --
> Kathleen MacDowell
> www.writefortheuser.com
> kathleen -at- writefortheuser -dot- com
> kathleen -dot- eamd -at- gmail -dot- com
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 is your all-in-one authoring and publishing
> solution. Author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor,  Microsoft Word or
> HTML and publish to the Web, Help systems or printed manuals.
> http://www.doctohelp.com
>
> Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
> authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
> once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control!
> http://www.helpandmanual.com/
>
> ---
> You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com -dot- 
>
> To unsubscribe send a blank email to
> techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> or visit
> http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/salt.morton%40gmail.com
>
>
> To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>
> Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
> http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info.
>
> Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
> http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat
>
>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 is your all-in-one authoring and publishing 
solution. Author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor,  Microsoft Word or 
HTML and publish to the Web, Help systems or printed manuals. 
http://www.doctohelp.com

Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- 

To unsubscribe send a blank email to 
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40web.techwr-l.com


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info. 

Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat