From: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
To: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: Fix minor typos
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2015 13:11:59 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878u9rpdlc.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878u9sulw5.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Mon, 03 Aug 2015 17:01:30 -0400")
Mark H Weaver (2015-08-04 00:01 +0300) wrote:
> Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Steve Sprang (2015-08-02 23:44 +0300) wrote:
>>
>>> -The majority of graphical applications uses Fontconfig to locate and
>>> +The majority of graphical applications use Fontconfig to locate and
>>
>> A bit late for the comment, but still. Is it really a typo? I think
>> this phrase means "the majority uses" not "the applications use".
>
> Correct, but I think that "the majority of [countable plural set]" is a
> plural noun phrase, and therefore "use" is appropriate here. I'm not a
> linguist, but I am a native US english speaker.
OK, I believe you. I should have written that I'm not the native
speaker. Sorry for the noise.
--
Alex
prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-08-04 10:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-08-02 20:44 [PATCH] doc: Fix minor typos Steve Sprang
2015-08-03 2:16 ` Mark H Weaver
2015-08-03 12:55 ` Alex Kost
2015-08-03 21:01 ` Mark H Weaver
2015-08-04 10:11 ` Alex Kost [this message]
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