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On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 00:31, Eric Botcazou wrote:
> > I didn't check the source, but shouldn't it be "or sub-bitmap of a
> > memory bitmap."? Or maybe that's implied and I'm being small-minded
> > after studying all day.. :)
>
> In my mind that's implied, otherwise one would write "Moreover, the source
> must be a memory bitmap or a sub-bitmap." instead of "Moreover, the source
> must be a memory bitmap or sub-bitmap."
True. And now, it even sounds right to me.
> But native English speakers will have to say the final word.
In German, you'd need an extra "-" before sub-bitmap to specify it is
connected to a previous expression ("a memory-bitmap or -sub-bitmap") -
so that's probably why it sounded strange to me when I read it
yesterday.
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Elias Pschernig <elias@xxxxxxxxxx>