(Still OT) Nationalism, language and monoculture [was Re: Python Worst Practices]

Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info
Tue Mar 3 00:18:18 EST 2015


MRAB wrote:

> There might be a difference, like that between "this program contains a
> bug" and "this program contains one bug".


Those two sentences mean exactly the same thing in standard American, 
British and Australian English. Pedants can argue whether "one bug" means 
*exactly* one bug, not more, or *at least* one bug, but they can make 
precisely the same arguments about "a bug".



-- 
Steve




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