[Tagging] English grammar and back seat drivers Re: Tagging Digest, Vol 96, Issue 3

[Thilo Haug]

Why don't they call it a sale counter, then ?
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/shop_subtags


Am 03.09.2017 um 14:42 schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer:
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> On 3. Sep 2017, at 09:46, Thilo Haug <thaug at gmx.de
> <mailto:thaug at gmx.de>> wrote:
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>> "sells" is a verb (the action of doing something),
>> while "sales" is a noun
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun
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> 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."
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> 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.
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> cheers,
> Martin 
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