by "John B. Matthews" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 2, 2008 at 04:39 PM
In article <being-20080402160543@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
ram@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Stefan Ram) wrote:
> This question is about English style with regard to Java.
[...]
> But which one is to prefer for a tutorial?
>
> For example, when the expression
> »java.lang.Thread.dumpStack()« is evaluated, the
> operation »java.lang.Thread.dumpStack()« is activated.
>
> For example, when the expression
> »java.lang.Thread.dumpStack()« is being evaluated, the
> operation »java.lang.Thread.dumpStack()« is being activated.
Both sentences are syntactically correct. The first sentence is present
tense; the second is present progressive. The former implies a cause and
effect sequence (evaluation causes activation), while the latter
suggests simultaneous operations (as evaluation occurs, activation also
occurs). This link may be helpful:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_and_progressive_aspects#German>.
[...]
> I am especially interested in the question of when to use »being«.
John
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