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by rflrob 1157 days ago
For some scientific disciplines, code (software) is not a mass noun. “I wrote a code that does processes the data files” is acceptable, even though it sounds wrong to my ears.
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"does processes" is incorrect however
Whoops! I originally had “does X”, then changed it to make it less abstract.
I'm glad someone else noticed this. It drives me unreasonably crazy.