On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 11:49:32AM -0400, Bobby Bingham wrote: > On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:31:52 +0200 > Marco Gerards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Diego Biurrun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > >> @@ -2097,6 +2183,16 @@ static int upconvert(DiracContext *s, ui > > >> > > >> + * @param blocks amount of blocks > > > > > > number of blocks? > > > > Isn't "amount of blocks" correct English? > > > > I fixed all comments. > > I believe that both "amount of blocks" and "number of blocks" are > technically correct, but "number" sounds better to me. Maybe somebody > else can actually explain why that is though, because I'm really not > sure.
Amount sounds like a non-countable quantity to me, while number is something that can be counted. The blocks we're talking about here clearly fall into the latter category. Diego _______________________________________________ FFmpeg-soc mailing list [email protected] http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-soc
