On 9/16/19 4:00 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Am 13.09.2019 um 20:49 hat John Snow geschrieben:
>> On 9/12/19 4:20 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote:
>>> Also, I'm not sure about "are" suggested by Max. "are" is for plural, but
>>> here I meant
>>> one object: sum of @start and @count.
>>>
>>
>> There's not great agreement universally about how to treat things like
>> collective nouns. Sometimes "Data" is singular, but sometimes it's
>> plural. "It depends."
>>
>> In this case, "start + count" refers to one sum, but two constituent
>> pieces, so it's functioning like a collective noun.
>>
>> We might say "a + b (together) /are/ ..." but also "the sum of a + b /is/".
>>
>>> So, you may use exactly "Sum of @start and @count is" or "(@start + @count)
>>> sum is" or
>>> just "(@start + @count) is", whichever you like more.
>>>
>>
>> I like using "the sum of @x and @y is" for being grammatically unambiguous.
>>
>> updated and pushed.
>>
>> (Sorry about my language again! --js)
>
> Time to revive https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8725621/? ;-)
>
> Kevin
>
Ja, bitte.
