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> > On Mar 3, 2017, at 15:14, Ngie Cooper (yaneurabeya) <[email protected]> 
> > wrote:
> 
> ?
> 
> > Actually, accepts is better. Although it isn?t clear by itself, the 
> > sentence fragment is describing the -a option, which is singular, not 
> > plural. Here?s the sentence in full context:
> > 
> >                                             source packet must belong to.  A
> >                                             service of `*' accepts UDP
> >                                             packets from any source port.
> 
> Correction: it?s describing `service`, which is still singular.
> -Ngie

Tongue in cheek:  Now my head hurts!!!   I let this stir around in my grey
space for a minute and went wait, adding (s) to accept does not make it
plurar.  This is one of those really screwed up situations that is just
a mess.  So I had to google.  AmE would like us to use just accept in
this specific case.  BrE would rather see accepts.  It has to do with
some thing they call present subjunctive.  If you want to make your
head hurt too google up "accept or accepts"

-- 
Rod Grimes                                                 [email protected]
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