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Zoltán Király Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Does this sound natural in English?

Append only existing files to the list of files.


Context:

By existing files I mean the ones that actually exist on the hard drive of a computer.

The sentence is a command (imperative).

  

Top answer

I would presume that your reader already knows that there's a list of files, so I'd write Append only existing files to the list. CJ

  • I would presume that your reader already knows that there's a list of files, so I'd write Append only existing files to the list.
  • CJ
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I would presume that your reader already knows that there's a list of files, so I'd write

Append only existing files to the list.

CJ

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