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

Frediano Ziglio fziglio at redhat.com
Wed Mar 27 08:25:33 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.
> 

Based on what Douglas said should I merge this?

Frediano


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