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Zoltán Király Posted 3 years ago
Grammar

Does this sound natural in English?

Does this command (imperative) sentence sound natural?


Use emacs as the default text editor.


Also, is the article "the" necessary?

Emacs is the name of a text editor.

  

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Zoltán Király Does this command (imperative) sentence sound natural? Perfectly. Zoltán Király Also, is the article "the" necessary?

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  • Zoltán Király Does this command (imperative) sentence sound natural?
  • Perfectly.
  • Zoltán Király Also, is the article "the" necessary?
  • Yes.
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Zoltán KirályDoes this command (imperative) sentence sound natural?

Perfectly.

Zoltán KirályAlso, is the article "the" necessary?

Yes.

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Zoltán KirályUse emacs as the default text editor.

"Emacs" should be capitalized. The sentence is OK if it is directed at the programmer who will be setting the default. If it is directed at a user, not so much.

Zoltán KirályAlso, is the article "the" necessary?

It is not strictly necessary grammatically, but it is

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