Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 12 Jul 2001 23:10:55 +0200 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] More pedantry. |
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On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 04:58:45PM -0400, Mike Harrold wrote: > > > > > - * None of the E1AP-E3AP erratas are visible to the user. > > > + * None of the E1AP-E3AP errata are visible to the user. > > > > If you want real pedantry, I think you mean: > > > > > + * None of the E1AP-E3AP errata is visible to the user. > > > > ('none' is singular - read 'not one') > > > > ... several times within this patch. > > No, he was right the first time. Errata is plural. Erratum is the > singular.
Yes, but the subject of the sentence is 'none'. Thus the verb should be in singular: None of them *is* visible.
But perhaps my version of english is different from yours. I learned mine from textbooks.
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