- Does software have a plural form? | WordReference Forums
Computer dealers more particularly, the unauthorised hardware suppliers who assemble components and sell comptuers to the users with software already installed Unfortunately, in most of the cases these computers are loaded with unlicensed softwares In such cases, unless a license and software manuals are provided with the sale, it is likely that programs have been illegally copied
- Is software singular or plural? Can softwares be used instead?
Saying "softwares" fairly clearly identifies the speaker as someone for whom English is not their first language However, one should avoid phrases such as "but various software now use (s) it" The phrase "but various software media managers now use it" is an acceptable replacement, though in that case one might just as well leave out "software" entirely
- grammatical number - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Is it correct to use softwares, as in the following sentence? There are various video conversion softwares in the market
- software o softwares? - WordReference Forums
Al plurale è corretto dire 'softwares' oppure 'software' o si usano delle espressioni tipo 'a package of software' or something else? Thanks a lot in advantage
- Is a software really never correct? [duplicate]
Yes, the same with "hardware" However, I've heard software developers (for whom English is a second language) incorrectly use "a software" and "softwares"
- uncountable nouns - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Instead of 'softwares' you should say 'software', 'programs', 'computer programs', 'applications', 'software applications', 'apps' or such It should be noted that software is a much more general term than 'program' and all those other words I listed
- plural de software - WordReference Forums
Hola, ¿Cuál es el plural del anglicismo "software" en español? Softwares, softwars Hablo varias veces de esto en un texto por lo que en ocasiones utilizo "programas" (informáticos) pero tengo que variar y no repetir, así que, ¿sabéis cómo se dice? Gracias
- determiners - Is software plural or singular? - English Language . . .
The background: the lexeme SOFTWARE is a M (often called “mass”, or sometimes “uncountable”, “non-countable”, or “noun-count”) noun; in most uses — note the qualification — it is SG-only (*softwares), takes the determiners characteristic of M nouns (much software, for instance), and rejects the determiners characteristic of
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