On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 07:39:36PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> Matt Kraai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > > > > > -               bufT = _("A swap partition is strongly recommended to
> > > > > > provide virtual memory for your system, yet no swap partitions were
> 
> > I think the following is the best phraseology:
> > 
> >  A swap partition is strongly recommended to provide virtual
> >  memory for your system, yet none was detected.
> 
> "yet none were detected" I think is the proper grammar.
> 
> Sounds good to me.

It can be singular, as evidenced in The New Fowler's Modern
English Usage[1].

Matt

1. http://www.xrefer.com/entry/595404

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