[Tagging] surface=brick -> surface=bricks?

Andrew Errington erringtona at gmail.com
Tue May 12 05:05:52 UTC 2015


"Is there any good reason to avoid changing existing surface=brick to
surface=bricks?"

Yes.  In English, brick can be an adjective as well as a noun.  As an
adjective, as it is here, it should have no "s".

On 12 May 2015 at 05:40, Mateusz Konieczny <matkoniecz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Neither is documented at wiki but meaning seems clear and synonymous.
>
> surface=bricks is used 1997 times, surface=brick 541 times.
>
> surface=bricks is also consistent with plural form of popular
> countable surface values - surface=paving_stones and
> surface=concrete:plates
>
> Is there any good reason to avoid changing existing surface=brick to
> surface=bricks?
>
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