Re: Bug#582109: debian-policy: document triggers where appropriate
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On 10/04/13 11:24, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> On 10-04-13 12:07, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
>>> + 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).
I've mostly seen whitespace used as a "mass noun", like water or sand:
you can say "whitespace is ignored" or "a sequence of whitespace", but
not "a whitespace" or "whitespaces", in the same way that it's correct
to say "some sand", "a piece of sand" or "a cubic metre of sand", but
not "a sand" or "sands".
(It's also an adjective: "a whitespace character".)
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