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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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flangola7
1157 days ago
"does processes" is incorrect however
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rflrob
1156 days ago
Whoops! I originally had “does X”, then changed it to make it less abstract.
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hexane360
1157 days ago
I'm glad someone else noticed this. It drives me unreasonably crazy.
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