Who speaks Frist: Human or Computer

[yannubuntu at gmail.com]

    > An example is 'Open File'. The question is: In this case, is the menu
    > item in the computer application telling the human that it able to
    > open a file or it is the human who is telling the computer to open the
    > file?


In my opinion, you should think "Open file" as a
neutral/infinitive/non-speech form (like in "to open a file" or "a file
opening", or "file must be opened"), NOT in a speech form (like in "Mr PC,
please open my file").

Hope this helps.
Yann
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