On 07/17/2018 02:53 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
On Tue, 2018-07-17 at 14:48 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
I instinctively like the non-split form here because, to me, it emphasizes more clearly that "appropriately" applies to all three actions.
To be clearer here, consider these options:
"...to appropriately install, remove and update..." "...to install, remove and update appropriately..." "...appropriately to install, remove and update..."
To me, it's at least possible that someone might read the first as if the "appropriately" applies only to the action "install", and the second as if the "appropriately" applies only to the action "update". The third, however, can't really be understood in any way *other* than with "appropriately" applying to all three actions.
I can still see the third as being interpreted as applying to install only. How about:
"...to appropriately perform the action required (install, remove or update)..."
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