there's absolutely wrong statement regarding Solaris's zones and FreeBSD's jail in LXC doc:

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
Yes, i think Neal's answer neatly deals with all that and solves the whole
problem very tidily.
Regards from
Tom :)

On 11 November 2014 11:51, Stephen M. Webb <stephen.webb at canonical.com>
wrote:

> On 11/11/2014 12:34 AM, Neal McBurnett wrote:
> > "Therefore containers are better compared to Solaris zones or BSD jails."
>
> Ouch.  It's only after this explanation I realized the verb in that
> sentence fragment is "to compare" and no "to be".
>
> First off, the sentence begins with a conjunction.  I know of few style
> guides that condone sentences beginning with a
> conjunction, we might want to fix that, since it really turns the entire
> sentence into a subordinate clause of the
> preceding sentence.
>
> Second, the infinitive of the main verb is split by a comparative
> adjective ("better") that can is often also used as an
> adverb ("better") under similar circumstances.  Because splitting an
> infinitive is considered by grammar
> prescriptionists as incorrect English and drilled into schoolchildren
> backl when they taught grammar, most people are
> going to parse the phrase "containers are better compared" as having the
> verb "to be" modified by the adverb "better"
> rather having the noun "containers" modified by the adjective "better".
> Physical proximity to the antecedent counts in
> English.
>
> The sentence is clearly ambiguous, with starkly opposite meanings.  A
> patch to clarify it would be nice.
>
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