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The semantics of some programming languages has been -> have been

Authored by: bugstomper on Sunday, October 14 2012 @ 06:23 AM EDT

I'm not sure if by "this" you mean that your version is correct or that my correction is correct :)

In case it's the former, Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary's definition for semantics says "noun plural but singular or plural in construction", and their explanation for inflections says

A noun that is singular in construction takes a singular verb when it is used as a subject; a noun that is plural in construction takes a plural verb when it is used as a subject.

In other words, "semantics" can take either a singular verb or a plural verb. I'm claiming that when you are talking about the semantics of plural languages then unless all the languages have the same semantics, the word is a plural noun referring to the multiple semantics.

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The semantics of some programming languages has been -> have been - Authored by: PolR on Sunday, October 14 2012 @ 08:33 AM EDT

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