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Use "most" instead of "more", in singular for clarity and consistency#668

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@fluorine fluorine changed the title Use "most" instead of "more", in singular for clarity and consistence Use "most" instead of "more", in singular for clarity and consistency Oct 15, 2016
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One of the more popular VCS tools was a system called RCS, which is still distributed with many computers today.
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If using most here then tool is wrong; tools is still correct. Some suggestions:

  • One of the most popular VCS tools was...
  • The most popular VCS tool was...

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Came here to say this exact thing. Let's go with "…most popular VCS tools…"

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I agree.

image::images/local.png[Local version control diagram]

One of the more popular VCS tools was a system called RCS, which is still distributed with many computers today.
One of the most popular VCS tool was a system called RCS, which is still distributed with many computers today.
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Unfortunately now we have a disagreement. This should read "One of the most popular VCS tools …"

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aollier commented Mar 12, 2019

@ben I propose to make the correction myself and close this pull request. Do you agree?

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ben commented Mar 13, 2019

Sure, go ahead.

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