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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>A better use would be the word retail which covers the selling of goods to the public (as in the logistics chain from Manufacturer to Distributor to Wholesaler to Retailer to consumer)</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com">Martin Koppenhoefer</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Sunday, September 3, 2017 4:49 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org">Tag discussion, strategy and related tools</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[Tagging] English grammar and back seat drivers Re: Tagging Digest,Vol 96, Issue 3</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>sent from a phone<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On 3. Sep 2017, at 09:46, Thilo Haug <<a href="mailto:thaug@gmx.de">thaug@gmx.de</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>"sells" is a verb (the action of doing something),<br>while "sales" is a noun<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>actually sales is the plural of the noun "sale". Why would you use the plural in this context? Especially as it typically means "a period during which a shop or dealer sells goods at reduced prices."<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I agree that the word "sells" is better for use as a tag, a verb is ok for a property, a plural noun less so, and even less as it's highly ambiguous in this case.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>cheers,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Martin <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>