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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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and of course the one which would not cause any harm to my PC.

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01font00Do you know any other file sharing software besides Emule? One can get a long list of such softwares from Wikipedia, but I seek an informed opinion. As you know, Emule is very stable and free-from-spyware software. I need a software which has a huge database of music, and of course the one which would not cause any harm to my PC.02font0-
  

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0Hi Jackson,02br 02br 00You, and a lot of other posters, think that the word 'software' is a countable noun. It's not. You can't say things like 'a software', 'two softwares'.

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  • 0Hi Jackson,02br 02br 00You, and a lot of other posters, think that the word 'software' is a countable noun.
  • It's not.
  • You can't say things like 'a software', 'two softwares'.
  • 02br 02br 00I suggest that you rewrite your paragraph with this in mind, and then post it again.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi Jackson,02br
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00You, and a lot of other posters, think that the word 'software' is a countable noun. It's not. You can't say things like 'a software', 'two softwares'. A common approach is to speak of 'a piece of software' or 'a software package' or 'a computer program'.02br
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00I suggest that you rewrite your paragraph with this in mind, and th
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0Hi Clive,02br
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00Is it okay now? Do you think I should also change 01i00one02i00 to something else?02br
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01font00Do you know any other file sharing software besides Emule? One can get a long list of such softwares from Wikipedia, but I seek an informed opinion. As you know, Emule is very stable and
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