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MINIX 3.2.1 released

Posted Feb 26, 2013 3:33 UTC (Tue) by jbv (guest, #66170)
In reply to: MINIX 3.2.1 released by tjc
Parent article: MINIX 3.2.1 released

>> Another pointless software
> I'll follow my own advice and correct myself: s/a/an

Uhm, your substitution doesn't seem to improve the sentence?

$ echo "Another pointless software" | sed -e 's/a/an/g'
Another pointless softwanre

What about s/s s/s piece of s/
or s/software/operating system/

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MINIX 3.2.1 released

Posted Feb 26, 2013 3:46 UTC (Tue) by jbv (guest, #66170) [Link]

Well, it seems my mastery of the English language leaves something to be desired. -_-

You meant to change "As a advocate" to "As an advocate".

Your substitution still only works for humans though.

MINIX 3.2.1 released

Posted Feb 26, 2013 16:01 UTC (Tue) by tjc (subscriber, #137) [Link]

I changed "proponent" to "advocate" and forgot to changed the "a" to an "an."

My intent was to point out that the word "software" defines an abstract concept and cannot be instantiated as "another software." "A software" is incorrect as well. "Two softwares" is right out.