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
