[FFmpeg-cvslog] r17077 - trunk/libavformat/sdp.c

[Luca Abeni]

Diego Biurrun wrote:
[...]
> This is what the Merriam-Webster says:
> 
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/data
> 
>   Data leads a life of its own quite independent of datum, of which
>   it was originally the plural. It occurs in two constructions: as a
>   plural noun (like earnings), taking a plural verb and plural modifiers
>   (as these, many, a few) but not cardinal numbers, and serving as a
               ^^^^^^^
>   referent for plural pronouns; and as an abstract mass noun (like
>   information), taking a singular verb and singular modifiers (as this,
>   much, little), and being referred to by a singular pronoun. Both
>   constructions are standard. The plural construction is more common in
>   print, perhaps because the house style of some publishers mandates it.
> 
> In any case it is not a countable quantity, so "much" instead of "many".

Ok, I know I should stop this here, but I cannot resist... The text you
quoted says that "many" can be used ;-)


				Luca