Zoltán Király Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Does this command sound natural in English?

1. Add only files that exist to the agenda.


or should I better write it like this?


2. Add only existing files to the agenda.


Context:

In this case the agenda is running on a computer. It's not a paper agenda. This digital agenda loads files that are on the filesystem.

  

Top answer

Zoltán Király 1. Add only files that exist to the agenda. This is clearer.

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Zoltán Király1. Add only files that exist to the agenda.

This is clearer. You might want to make it clearer still, maybe include something like "matching filenames".

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Zoltán Király should I better write it like this?
should I write it like this?
OR

would it be better to write it like this?

As shown.

Zoltán Király2. Add only existing files to the agenda.

Use this one.

CJ