* Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>, 2020-04-20, 08:12:
vary → varies ?
"This file gives the size of the entropy pool. The semantics of this file "
"vary across kernel versions:"
"semantics" is considered a plural noun, so "vary" is right.
I don't think that's correct. Despite the trailing "s", "semantics" is
not plural; it's uncountable.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/semantics includes
the following examples:
The semantics of the language _is_ based on a translation, ...
Action semantics _is_ useful for reasoning about language implementations.
--
Jakub Wilk
