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- Is software singular or plural? Can softwares be used instead?
This may seem like a trivial issue, but given the amount of software development by entities in non-English-speaking countries that are nevertheless targeting markets where English is the native language, I think it is inevitable that softwares will eventually become a de facto standard form in parallel with software, but with a slightly
- 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
- uncountable nouns - Do native speakers of major English varieties . . .
'Software' is non-countable (like 'milk') As a native American English-speaker who grew up with software (and a vested interest in it) and is nearing age 40, it seems like people who are quite computer literate and have been since before the age of smartphones will never say 'a software' or 'softwares' unless they're joking, or mis-educated, but native speakers (including business managers
- grammatical number - What is the plural form of Software? - English . . .
2025, and the plural form softwares, indicating countification of the noun for individual examples of the form, is at least acknowledged by Wikipedia, where it admittedly is still deemed non-standard –
- 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
- software vs a software | WordReference Forums
Hello members 1- there is new educational software available :tick: 2- there is a new educational software available :confused: I know "software" is an uncountable noun and we should not use article "a an" for it , but I have seen many uncountable nouns being used with an article (usually
- 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
- software - WordReference Forums
Hola: En castellano, la palabra software es un "americanismo" Pero en inglés, ya sea en singular o plural la palabra no tome una "s" al final: one software two software Quisiera saber si es igual en castellano o si se dice "un software varios softwares? Gracias de antemano
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