[Spice-devel] [PATCH spice-server 1/2] docs: Fix typo

Douglas Paul doug at bogon.ca
Mon Mar 18 13:54:38 UTC 2019


On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 09:44:59AM -0400, Frediano Ziglio wrote:
> > > -Lots of code run in a single thread.
> > > +Lots of code runs in a single thread.
> > 
> > "Lots of" is plural, isn't it? Maybe "A lot of code runs .."
> > 
> > Christophe
> > 
> 
> You are right. Which one is better?

FWIW, actually 'lots of' and 'a lot of' are equivalent, and the verb
will be plural or singular depending on if the noun is countable (and
will be plural) or is uncountable (and will be singular).

So "Lots of people run" but "Lots of code runs" because code is
uncountable.

-- 
Douglas Paul




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