[kde-doc-english] [Bug 101963] New: switching between "you" and "the user"

Natalie nat at switch.demon.nl
Sun Mar 20 10:01:11 CET 2005


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           Summary: switching between "you" and "the user"
           Product: docs
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kde-doc-english kde org
        ReportedBy: nat switch demon nl


Version:           KOffice 1.3.5 (using KDE KDE 3.3.2)

Most of the time the instructions are something like "you can ...", 
"first you must ..."
On several occasions however, the sentence reads "the user ...".

In kword_fundimentals.po (fundimentals,docbook:79) there are even 
sentences like:
  When a user sits down to write a document, they already 
  have an idea of what the final product will look like. 


Wouldn't it be better to keep one style throughout the entire doc?
That is one of the things almost all style guides agree about.

In the dutch translation I use sentences like "you can ..." only.



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