Guy Dalziel wrote: > On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 04:24:33AM -0500, stosss wrote: >> - This package contains math libraries and have useful functions for >> arbitrary precision arithmetic. It is required to build Gcc. >> + This package contains math libraries and has useful functions for >> arbitrary precision arithmetic. It is required to build Gcc. > > I disagree which the correction, 'has' feels more singular than 'have' > and therefore I feel that 'have' is correct. However, it would sound > better if it was changed to "This package contains math libraries which > have useful functions for arbitrary precision arithmetic."
In American English (is that an oxymoron?) the 'has' refers back to the package. I've already fixed the -dev book. This package contains math libraries and has useful functions but it could be This package contains math libraries that have useful functions where 'that have' refers back to the libraries. Thinking about it, I changed to the 2nd form. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
