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ddoherty

Bit poster
Hi,

I think that it's time to replace the following stilted English:

Warning: Parallels Tools initializing is in progress.
Please do not turn off or reset the virtual machine,
and do not perform any operations in the guest
operating system until Parallels Tools initializing will
be complete, because it may result in data loss.

with

Warning: Parallels Tools initialization is in progress.
Please do not turn off or reset the virtual machine,
and do not perform any operations in the guest
operating system until Parallels Tools initialization
has completed, because it may result in data loss.

Dave D.
 
ddoherty said:
I think that it's time to replace the following stilted English:

Warning: Parallels Tools initializing is in progress.
Please do not turn off or reset the virtual machine,
and do not perform any operations in the guest
operating system until Parallels Tools initializing will
be complete, because it may result in data loss.

with

Warning: Parallels Tools initialization is in progress.
Please do not turn off or reset the virtual machine,
and do not perform any operations in the guest
operating system until Parallels Tools initialization
has completed, because it may result in data loss.
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Yes, except you didn't go quite far enough:

1) "Do not turn off" instead of "Please do not turn off." ("Please" does not fit this context, especially after "Warning.")

2) "until Parallels Tools initialization is complete. Doing so may result in data loss." (Avoids awkward construction with "because." Also, "complete" is a transitive verb.)

David
 
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