From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: Fix minor typos Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2015 17:01:30 -0400 Message-ID: <878u9sulw5.fsf@netris.org> References: <87lhdt7749.fsf@gmail.com> <87oaio4jm2.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49109) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZMMro-0007Mm-6i for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Aug 2015 17:01:53 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZMMrj-0005M8-52 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Aug 2015 17:01:52 -0400 Received: from world.peace.net ([50.252.239.5]:35423) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZMMrj-0005Lc-19 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Aug 2015 17:01:47 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87oaio4jm2.fsf@gmail.com> (Alex Kost's message of "Mon, 03 Aug 2015 15:55:17 +0300") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Alex Kost Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Alex Kost 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. Mark