From: | Kyotaro HORIGUCHI <horiguchi(dot)kyotaro(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp> |
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To: | robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com |
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Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] PATCH: multivariate histograms and MCV lists |
Date: | 2019-03-14 11:50:16 |
Message-ID: | 20190314.205016.137360883.horiguchi.kyotaro@lab.ntt.co.jp |
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At Wed, 13 Mar 2019 12:39:30 -0400, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote in <CA+TgmobvgTNWCeod_nqOJuPOYRecXd8XcsP4E2b8sbeGVygGJg(at)mail(dot)gmail(dot)com>
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 12:20 AM Kyotaro HORIGUCHI
> <horiguchi(dot)kyotaro(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp> wrote:
> > +Multivariate MCV (most-common values) lists are a straightforward extension of
> >
> > "lists are *a*" is wrong?
>
> No, that's correct. Not sure exactly what your concern is, but it's
> probably related to the fact that the first parent of the sentences
> (before "are") is plural and the second part is singular. It does
Exactly, with some doubt on my reading.
> seem a little odd that you can say "lists are an extension," mixing
> singular and plural, but English lets you do stuff like that.
Thank you for the kind explanation. I'm not sure but I understand
this as '"lists" is an extension' turned into 'lists are an
extension'. That is, the "lists' expresses a concept rather than
the plurarilty. (But I haven't got a gut feeling..)
regards.
--
Kyotaro Horiguchi
NTT Open Source Software Center
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