JDK 8 RFR 7179567: JCK8 tests: api/java_net/URLClassLoader/index.html#Ctor3 failed with NPE

[David Holmes]

On 10/10/2013 2:07 PM, John Rose wrote:
> On Oct 9, 2013, at 8:32 PM, David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com> wrote:
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>> I'm unsure if it should be "is null" or "are null" given the initial subject is singular and latter subject is plural.
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> The English major in me surfaces briefly to note that "any" can be either singular or plural:  "Pick a card, any card" (singular) vs. "any takers?" (plural).  Brian's works well enough as a singular.  Etymologically, "any" (like "an") is a cognate of the word "one".

It isn't the "any" that introduces the plural but "elements".

David

> — John
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