On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 01:51:14PM +0200, Roland Mas wrote: > - "un logiciel" can even be used to mean "a software program", whereas > the phrase "a software" sounds awkward to me in English (but then > again, I'm not a native English speaker, and maybe "software" is a > countable noun -- can you say "two softwares"?). No. "Software" is a collective noun, like "information" or "stuff". If I never see these words butchered again into bastardized forms like "softwares", "informations", and "stuffs"[1], it will be too soon. [1] though "foodstuffs" is a valid (if somewhat archaic) term -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | Cogitationis poenam nemo meretur. branden@debian.org | http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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