docs/176806: recv(2) man page grammatical fixes

[Eitan Adler]

On 10 March 2013 11:50, Chris Rees <utisoft at gmail.com> wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR docs/176806; it has been noted by GNATS.
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> From: Chris Rees <utisoft at gmail.com>
> To: bug-followup at freebsd.org
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> Subject: Re: docs/176806: recv(2) man page grammatical fixes
> Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:42:17 +0000
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>  The word "data" is plural of "datum", so yes, were is correct here.

"data" is an uncountable noun ("mass noun") such that it is always
treated as a single unit.  If this confuses you think about the word
"water".

"and the timeout expired before water were received."
vs
"and the timeout expired before water was received."

"was" is correct.

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Eitan Adler