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Serious question: Is this proper English? > Where the name dockerlite comes from? I keep seeing that sort of arrangement in headings like "How it works?" wher
by cypher543 13y ago
Serious question: Is this proper English?
> Where the name dockerlite comes from?
I keep seeing that sort of arrangement in headings like "How it works?" where I expect it to say "How does it work?" and I'm starting to wonder if that's actually valid English or just a common error.
- klapinat0r 13y agoIt depends on the phrasing. "This is [how it works]", "How does it work?" I was wondering [where the name dickerlite comes from]? Where does the name dickerlite come from?
- jameswyse 13y ago"I was wondering [where the name dickerlite comes from]? Where does the name dickerlite come from?" I'm also wondering where 'dickerlite' came from..
- klapinat0r 13y agoFreudian slip?
- nkurz 13y agoI can't speak to other areas, but it's not standard for American English. To my ear it sounds Slavic.
- ffk 13y agoThis comes from the dotcloud team, who also makes docker. I believe this particular person speaks French as his main language. Cut him some slack :)
- cypher543 13y agoI wasn't trying to be rude. I was genuinely curious, since I've seen that phrasing so often.
- jpetazzo 13y agoI take full responsibility for all the horrendous orthographic, grammatical, or otherwise language-related mistakes committed in this README :-)
- Gigablah 13y agoSwitch the question mark with a colon, and it becomes valid English :)