Usage of save
I'm wondering about usage of the word "save" when it's about saving a file (in a computer).
When we can't save a file, what do we say?
"The file doesn't save."
"The file isn't saving."
"The file isn't being saved."
I think that #3 is correct, but the word "save" can also be intransitive. I would like to know if I can use it in that way too (like #1 and #2).
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Thomas Muller When we can't save a file, what do we say? ", the one that comes first to my mind is "The file won't save". "The file isn't saving" is possible, either when looking at the progress of the operation, or talking about persistent behaviour.
- Thomas Muller When we can't save a file, what do we say?
- ", the one that comes first to my mind is "The file won't save".
- "The file isn't saving" is possible, either when looking at the progress of the operation, or talking about persistent behaviour.
- "The file doesn't save" is possible when referring to the state of the file based on failed past attempts to save it; it would not be used about failure happening now.
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Thomas MullerWhen we can't save a file, what do we say?
Of sentences starting "The file ...", the one that comes first to my mind is "The file won't save". "The file isn't saving" is possible, either when looking at the progress of the operation, or talking about persistent behaviour. "The file doesn't save" is possible when referring to the state of the fi
0I would expect to get a message that says file not saved or just not saved.
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