On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 01:33:41PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Wednesday 18 April 2007 10:13, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > "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*. > OTOH, using the singular as a "mass noun" in this context would not be > incorrect, would it? Yes, it would also be correct. Note that it would subtly change the *meaning* of the sentence, so it would not be appropriate to consider this a "correction". -- 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]
