From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 10 18:44:34 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D69DEDB7 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:44:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-we0-x22e.google.com (mail-we0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::22e]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 601BDAA9 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:44:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f174.google.com with SMTP id r6so2789665wey.5 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:44:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=x-received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=MR5iqX5bmz+13Dj9OR8058A/Fd1tMQCd9MybxenM2vE=; b=XUnJIetzy3x3DhbVXPqQo7lkL/y/Twbj91ahavxNsm3vPwofXTZz7FYK7bgqnNNFz6 //12dCFC302JAT2Y34CH3O/hbfa6b9XKJ4dBItcjQXCMz7tziuK0KaU6YM3kgzkkOWzS tX3vGlzhKtEv+aAxAAheJHprX8jVVlM9Th6DI= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=MR5iqX5bmz+13Dj9OR8058A/Fd1tMQCd9MybxenM2vE=; b=b0n+oeuU7MGfjTrLpVWURZttZNcK+QBh5cIxVEuDvgbd6FE3H/ehDw7TyS8dZ4fuQX Hz+1uNnV1in1smZ9nS7EM+M2ST6dLypbDMOheTS/fSMhUqx1RMGU8kqEI1tLYasrlN1g wOUvr2oztb0W/i6iwnEuk8lbsUSXaIaWpYFlhh6HOehprE4fs5N5Ab2lRXpFNvSkdojG efcYMAIdB3XJqv0krC5m+cAbc/zRrloh7oYOS+SfFlbcAMLJSHUwlXldNIZitbDnXssj BP8yCYShWi+DRfXmBTKc68ce8EGgKMn2tEgsZahb3yJfPBB8NDc9S4Aowu1PolMEOPA2 D2ug== X-Received: by 10.194.81.40 with SMTP id w8mr14783828wjx.14.1362941073589; Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:44:33 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.194.179.194 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:44:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201303101550.r2AFo1rA064319@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <201303101550.r2AFo1rA064319@freefall.freebsd.org> From: Eitan Adler Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:44:03 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: docs/176806: recv(2) man page grammatical fixes To: Chris Rees Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmWVHf42lk9dBLMz7UNouHNna4yGIgC3kwYR8MaDDRC3nW74h/BkV8csOAuhouT2q7Q+MzT Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:44:34 -0000 On 10 March 2013 11:50, Chris Rees wrote: > The following reply was made to PR docs/176806; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Chris Rees > To: bug-followup@freebsd.org > Cc: > Subject: Re: docs/176806: recv(2) man page grammatical fixes > Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:42:17 +0000 > > --f46d0447f382b381fd04d793e65c > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > The word "data" is plural of "datum", so yes, were is correct here. "data" is an uncountable noun ("mass noun") such that it is always treated as a single unit. If this confuses you think about the word "water". "and the timeout expired before water were received." vs "and the timeout expired before water was received." "was" is correct. -- Eitan Adler