[Tagging] shop values for _supply, _supplies, _supplement, _supplements?
Ferenc Veres
lion at netngine.hu
Thu Aug 29 10:26:34 UTC 2013
Hi,
Sorry for late reply.
That's very interesting. From this viewpoint the current SHOP values are
also inconsistent, e.g. the store: "jewelry" "bakery", or what it sells:
"shoes", "baby_goods".
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:shop
But then a pet_supply sells pets, not pet_supplies. Am I right?
(Grammatically.)
And there are many plural SHOP values already, which look totally OK and
more convenient and natural.
And this problem is not even mentioned on tagging guideline:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Any_tags_you_like
The example on Key:office page is way different ("Please use the
singular form; e.g., lawyer not lawyers,"), because many of those words
are fine in singular form and do not create a language "weirdness" (e.g.
office=lawyer).
But most of my examples are better in plural, so we should use those.
Thanks all,
Ferenc
2013.08.24. 16:18 keltezéssel, John F. Eldredge írta:
> This distinction (singular for a phrase describing the store, plural for
> describing what it sells) is standard usage in the USA. Another example,
> not using the words "supply" or "supplies", would be that a grocery
> sells groceries.
>
>
> Stephen Hope <slhope at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> On 23 August 2013 03:29, Ferenc Veres <lion at netngine.hu
> <mailto:lion at netngine.hu>> wrote:
>
>
> English is not my native language, so I don't know if plural or
> singular
> is correct for this, or which wording would work best grammatically
> while also fit in OSM tagging scheme, that recommends plural.
>
> medical_supply
> medical_supplies
> pet_supply
> pet_supplies
>
> nutrition_supplements
> nutrition_supplement
>
>
> It depends on whether you are talking about the store or what it sells
>
> A medical supply store (or a medical supplier) sells medical supplies
> A pet supply store sell pet supplies
>
> etc
>
> Stephen
>
>
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