Justin B Rye wrote: > Extra problem: a media that contains? Media is a non-countable > noun, so it takes singular agreement. Or to avoid making anybody > worry about that, eliminate the need for agreement by saying:
Whoops, "contains" _is_ third-person singular. The thing that sounds so odd about "your OEM has provided media that contains the drivers" is the combination of mass-noun syntax with count-noun semantics (compare "this _piece_of_ media contains drivers"). So much for not worrying about it. -- JBR Never work between meals - Norfolk proverb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
