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

Diego Biurrun diego
Mon Feb 9 12:25:18 CET 2009


On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 12:02:05PM +0100, Luca Abeni wrote:
> 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 ;-)

It is used as an abstract mass noun in this case, thus "much extradata"
according to the second half of the paragraph.

Diego




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