Re: being or not being?

Stefan Ram wrote:
> Roedy Green <see_website@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>> Specs are created for language lawyers.
> 
>   When I use some term /not/ in the JLS, some people put me down
>   because my wording does not agree with the wording of the JLS.
>   When I take care to use terms from the JLS, then they
>   call me a language lawyer.
> 

I know someone who lives in Japan and does translations into English. 
She often gets upset because her Japanese bosses insist on particular 
phrasings in English, because they think they know English better than 
she does.

I'm sure it's the same with any language.  There's no way anyone can 
understand all the minutiae of a language they are not intimately 
familiar with.  I think the only way to get natural language is to have 
the whole thing written by a native speaker.

I gave you what advice I could.  Your attempt to logic out the language 
is impressive, but I think fails because the language just isn't 
logical.  And in many places English is just nonsensical. I guess you 
are going to have to write your tutorials as you see fit.

Good luck.