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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
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some but not all

Hi,

Scenario:
There is a sw tool that works ok on some but not all currently available Windows platforms. (*)

Please take a look at the following three sentences:
• Note that this software won’t work on any Windows platform
• Note that this software won’t work on all kinds of Windows platforms
• Note that this software won’t work on any kind of Windows platform.

(1) All the three mean exactly the same thing?
and so
(2) Any one of them can be used to convey the idea (*)?

Thank you!
mus-te
  

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Only #2 conveys the idea clearly. The others are open to the interpretation that the software is not compatible with Windows at all. Here are some suggestions: Note that this software won’t work [on / for] all Windows versions.

— RandomGuy

  • Only #2 conveys the idea clearly.
  • The others are open to the interpretation that the software is not compatible with Windows at all.
  • Here are some suggestions: Note that this software won’t work [on / for] all Windows versions.
  • Note that this software is not compatible with all versions of Windows.
  • Note that this software is compatible only with the following versions of Windows: …
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Only #2 conveys the idea clearly. The others are open to the interpretation that the software is not compatible with Windows at all.

Here are some suggestions:

Note that this software won’t work [on / for] all Windows versions.
Note that this software is not compatible with all versions of Windows.
Note that this software is compatible only with the follo
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I see.
Thank you, Aspara Gus!
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