On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 01:46:52PM +0100, Ian D. Leroux wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2015, at 13:41, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> > While looking at this diff I noticed that we have the following wording:
> >
> > The
> > .Fn sin
> > family of functions return the sine value.
> >
> > We currently have both versions ("returns" and "return") in different
> > man pages.
> >
> > Grammarwise I would say "family" is singular and "returns" is the
> > singular-form.
> >
> > On the other hand, it sounds weird (to me at least). Perhaps we should
> > just reword the whole sentence. Suggestions?
>
> The grammatically correct version you suggest (the family returns)
> sounds fine to my ear...
Ok, if it sounds fine to a native speaker, that's fine with me.
I've just fixed the one page where it didn't match.
Thomas
