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Asmaa Muhammad Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

So softwares are dedicated to

Hello,

I wounder whether the usage of the verb ‘dedicate to’ fits in this context:

’There are lots of softwares and applications that are dedicated to teach math to young children.’

Thanks in advance!

  

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Note that the noun 'software' is uncountable, so you can't say softwares . dedicated shows a strong commitment. Less strong, and more common, is eg i ntended.

— Clive

  • Note that the noun 'software' is uncountable, so you can't say softwares .
  • dedicated shows a strong commitment.
  • Less strong, and more common, is eg i ntended.
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Note that the noun 'software' is uncountable, so you can't say softwares.

dedicated shows a strong commitment. Less strong, and more common, is eg intended.

The syntax is

dedicated to something (dedicated to teaching math)

intended to do something (intended to teach math)

’I would just say

There are lots of application

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softwares
(nonstandard) plural of software

Usage notes
Generally an error by non-native speakers. In standard usage, software is uncountable; the plural might be pieces of software, software packages, software programs, etc.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/softwares

CJ

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