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Re: Bug#582109: debian-policy: document triggers where appropriate



On 10-04-13 12:07, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> “<prgn>dpkg</prgn> triggers allows packages to monitor events caused by

It should be "allow" here, not "allows", since the subject ("triggers")
of this sentence is in plural form.

[...]
>> +	  whitespace, everything after the first hash character (<tt>#</tt>)
> 
> whitespaces ? (with "s")

No, absolutely not. The word "whitespace" does not have a plural form,
since it is not a noun (you cannot say "a whitespace", for instance).

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