Hello Roger;
Given that I suspect there is not a standard term for the concept, I
would hesitate to use 'correct' to describe a possible solution.
Myself, I look to Languge Log for discussions of this nature.
Roger Hui wrote:
I think "equal-sized" is correct, based on:
- How it sounds to my ear (albeit English is not my mother tongue).
- Similar usage in writings by a noted writer and stylist. e.g.
http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/Kenneth_E._Iverson
contains "one-room school", "higher-dimensional array",
"6-month mini-sabbatical".
- Google search of "equal-sized" produces 317,000 hits.
("equally sized" produces 182,000 hit.)
----- Original Message -----
From: Oleg Kobchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:46
Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] equal-size partitions
To: Programming forum <[email protected]>
From: Roger Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sorry, "typo". The verb and the numbers are correct,
but the description is wrong. It should be:
The number of sets of x equal-sized subsets of y objects.
(Each subset is of size y%x.)
...
Shouldn't it be "equally sized" (adv + participle)
or "equal size" (adj + noun), and not adj + participle?
(Dash appears in modifier phrase before noun.)
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