It's because, in this context, 41 byte(s) is being used adjectively (to describe "password format") and nouns are singular when used as adjectives...
"It's a 10 man job." not "It's a 10 men job." "My doctor wrote me a 34 pill prescription." not "My doctor wrote me a 34 pills prescription." "The 10 soldier force invaded the home." not "The 10 soldiers force invaded the home." "The 3 person act, while small, was impressive." not "The 3 people act, while small, was impressive." On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Damien Seguy<damien.se...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> "The new mysqlnd library necessitates using MySQL's newer 41 bytes >> password format." >> >> Hmmm. >> >> I think "41 byte" may be right. >> >> I wish I knew the grammar (being a native English speaker and all). > > I have the same challenge, so if anyone speaking good English could help us > :) > Reading this, I wonder why 41 byte, and not 41 bytes. > I learnt from Sean Coates that 0 elements, 1 element, 2 elements... but 41 > ? >
