Comment on Looking for a software suggestion

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• tal@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I mean, at least tell them what the correct usage is.

  OP, you probably want “software package” or “a piece of software”.

  “Software” is a mass noun, like “butter”. You can’t have “a butter”. You can have “a pound of butter”.

  en.wiktionary.org/wiki/software

  Usage notes

  Software is a mass noun (some software, a piece of software). By non-native speakers it is sometimes erroneously treated as a countable noun (a software, some softwares).

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• madkins@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’m guessing you tried a joke that just didn’t land, but just in case… It may help to think of it like this: this person is looking for a suggestion. What kind of suggestion? A software suggestion

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