[svnbook commit] r2121 - trunk/src/en/book

[Blair Zajac]

C. Michael Pilato wrote:
> Max Bowsher wrote:
> 
>>Blair Zajac wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>sussman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Author: sussman
>>>>>Date: Tue Apr 11 17:49:29 2006
>>>>>New Revision: 2121
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>+      <para>In this section, and almost everywhere in this book, the
>>>>>+        words <quote>lock</quote> and <quote>locking</quote> describe
>>>>>+        a mechanism for mutual exclusion between users to avoid
>>>>>+        clashing commits. Unfortunately, there are two other sorts
>>>>>+        of <quote>lock</quote> with which Subversion, and therefore
>>>>
>>>>s/lock/locks/
>>
>>
>>Interesting.
>>
>>I don't claim to be a grammar expert, but I would have chosen 'lock'
>>over 'locks' here too.
> 
> 
> I, too, think the grammar is correct (though admittedly a bit awkward for
> me).  But consider the sentence this way:
> 
>    Unfortunately, the is one other sort of lock with which ...
> 
> Now, to make that "one" into "two", what are we incrementing?  The actual
> number of locks?  No.  We're incrementing the number of lock types (or "sorts").

I agree with the singular sentence here, but to apply mathematical increments to 
the English language doesn't mean it's right :)

Most of the time, you read "sorts of plural_word".

Anyway, I did some Googling searching and didn't find anything.

This is getting bike-sheddy.

Blair