From the Plural > Singular alias thread:
power_lines -> power_line
What do people think? I've always automatically thought of these as plural in my mind, but is it "plural enough" to go against the preference for singular?
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From the Plural > Singular alias thread:
power_lines -> power_line
What do people think? I've always automatically thought of these as plural in my mind, but is it "plural enough" to go against the preference for singular?
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I see no benifit in drawing a distinction between single or multiple lines; it's function seems more important and the plural should suffice for both. Incidentally, a good number of such images are probably more depictions of telephone lines which, to my understanding, aren't buried in Japan but proliferate in a jumble on the urban skyline. The closest tag for such is telephone pole. I'm not sure this is much a problem, though.
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I do believe that above ground lines are more frequently used in Japan than below ground lines, so it probably wouldn't be unreasonable if most or all of them really are power lines instead of telephone lines.
Anyways +1 for power_lines.
I prefer power_lines even though I'm the one who proposed this alias. I mainly proposed this because power lines are similar to cables/wires, which we decided should be singular in forum #22592.