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

Uri Lublin uril at redhat.com
Wed Mar 27 08:34:05 UTC 2019


On 3/27/19 10:25 AM, Frediano Ziglio wrote:
>> 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?

Yes. Thanks Douglas for the explanation.


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