On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 08:37:12AM -0400, Jonathan B. Horen wrote: > Package: Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide > Version: 4.0 for i386
> The heading for section 8.5.2 reads "Sending E-Mails Outside The System". > This is incorrect English, with regard to e-mail. No, it is not. > "e-mail" (whether hyphenated, or not) is both singular *and* plural. > Thus, I can write "I sent email to John" (meaning one message); or "I sent > email to John" (meaning two-or-more messages). No, the plural is "e-mails" (or "emails"). "e-mail" is the singular and is also a *mass noun*. > In order to avoid confusion, or the appearance of incorrect usage, we > recommend that people/publications follow this format: So? Who are you that we should care about your recommendation, other than someone with an overly prescriptive and inaccurate standard of English? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
