Comments on: Best Free Softwares of 2009

By: englishteacher

englishteacher — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:38:12 +0000

To Grammar Nasi,

You are partially right there.

Depending on who you ask, the plural of ware can be wares or ware. I would not explain this in detail. You can always refer to Google, your friendly search engine.

However, I must say that the ‘plural’ of software is “software” and not “softwares” unlike what many others think.

‘Software’ is a collective noun and is continuous, rather than discrete. It therefore doesn’t take a plural. To make it simpler to understand, think of “software” like “water”, “deer,” or “sheep”. Basically, it’s pronounced and spelled the same whether in ‘singular’ form or ‘plural’ form.

When you say or use the term ‘software’, it could be singular or plural. It depends of the context. For example:

The company sells software (In this context, it could mean one program or it could also mean 20)

The company sells many different types of software. (In this context, this is definitely plural, although the word software is used.)

In short, remember this:
The ‘plural’ form for the term ‘software’ is ‘software’.
Don’t let anyone tell you any differently.

Nevertheless, I agree with you that it was ‘despicable’ of Blough MEe for calling ‘people idiots’ for this issue.

To Blough MEe,

Next time, be more polite when you want to address and correct others’ mistakes. It would help a lot.

P.S. I am sorry if I make any grammar mistakes here. Admittedly, I am not really ‘that good’ in English. Thanks.

Sources: Google

By: Grammar Nasi

Grammar Nasi — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:50:18 +0000

@Blough MEe:
the plural of ware is wares.
soft-ware… softwares. I think its despicable that you need to call people idiots over this, use an offensive name, and I think you could do with some etymology lessons.

This is not a bad list :)

By: Neosix

Neosix — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:07:57 +0000

Great list, I’ll explore it, that’s for sure…

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By: enterprise feedback management

enterprise feedback management — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:47:40 +0000

whoa, sweet list. i had no idea there were this many free softwares out there. now i know where to go when i need something. thanks.
-jack

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By: Abalone Beads

Abalone Beads — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:13:24 +0000

I’m amazed that the only bittorrent program listed was utorrent. I use it myself, but interesting that bitcomet and bitlord didn’t even make the list whereas there are some 4-5 zip extracting programs.

By: Used trucks

Used trucks — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:26:56 +0000

All of the above softwares look great and they seem to be quite a good thing for all the utility applications that one may think of. Thanks for the list!!!

By: Blough MEe

Blough MEe — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:21:18 +0000

DEAR IDIOTS
The plural form of “Software” is SOFTWARE… NOT “SOFTWARES”

“The Best Free Software of 2009 ” would cover it.