On 2019/11/5 9:00 下午, Wols Lists wrote: > On 05/11/19 12:44, Coly Li wrote: >>>> are devices number before and after the grow operation, "* 2" comes >>>> >>>> device numbers >> Copied. I am not sure whether it should be "device numbers" or maybe >> "devices numbers", this confuses me *^_^* >> > It is "device numbers". > > The trick for English is to ask yourself what is the singular form. Here > it is "device number". Then convert that to plural by adding an "s" at > the end. > Let me explain why I am confused. Because the raid0 device can be combined by many disks, there will be multiple component devices, so I think the number should be "component disks number". Then I mentioned old and new numbers, there are two numbers, so I am not sure whether I should use "devices numbers", because devices means multiple component devices, and numbers means there are two numbers (one for old, one for new). > English never "doubles up" as far as I'm aware (and I bet someone comes > up with an obscure example where it does :-) > By the above explanation, is it still "device numbers" ? Thank you in advance. -- Coly Li
