Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 8314] New: Don't fear ending with prepositions
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From: bugzilla-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:21:27 +0000
Bug ID 8314
Summary Don't fear ending with prepositions
Classification Unclassified
Product Wireshark
Version 1.8.5
Hardware x86
OS All
Status UNCONFIRMED
Severity Major
Priority Low
Component Wireshark
Assignee bugzilla-admin@wireshark.org
Reporter aren@arencambre.com 

Build Information:

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If I click the "Start a new live capture" button without selecting an
interface, I get a dialog reading "You didn't specify an interface on which to
capture packets."

It would be more straightforward for it to read "You didn't specify an
interface to capture packets with."

The former wording only makes sense as an intentional effort to avoid ending a
sentence with a preposition. You can Google on this topic and quickly find
credible sources dispelling that rule as a myth.

Wireshark shouldn't feel like a persnickety, mistaken English teacher. Please
use straightforward language, and don't fear ending sentences with
prepositions.

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