[Gpg4win-devel] Novice Manual Proofreading

[Bernhard Reiter]

Hi Brigitte! Hi Michael!

On Tuesday 30 January 2007 20:30, Brigitte wrote:
> Having said that, I do not disagree with the use of 'beginner', but it
> changes the meaning slightly too.  A 'beginner' is someone who does not
> know anything, whereas a 'novice' knows a little bit but needs more
> instruction/help.  Also, people generally like to think they are
> 'novices' rather than 'beginners' too....  This manual seems to fit into
> the latter category (because it does assume a bit of computer
> knowledge), but if that is not correct, then I agree with you that it
> should be changed to Beginner (Bernhard?).

I am not a native speaker, so I might miss the subleties.
My feeling tells me that "novice" should be fine given the computer context
and that indeed some computer knowledge is required.

Regards,
Bernhard
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