On 11/17/2009 05:14 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
> As a native speaker, I understand the text, which is the most important
> thing.
>
> That said, the correct word is parenthesis. Parens is not an English
> word of which I am aware.
>
While hopefully not being too pedantic, I would point out that "parenthesis"
is singular, whereas "parentheses" is plural -- the usage here appears to me
to be plural.
> On 11/17/2009 11:00 AM, Kolbjørn Stuestøl wrote:
>
>> In the file using.pot in the Script-Fu lesson the writer is using
>> "parens". ("statement in Scheme starts and ends with parens").
>> Perhaps I'm a bit conservative minded here? Is "parens" regular English
>> (american) now or is it meant to be something else than "parenthesis"?
>> Kolbjoern
>>
>>
>
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