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[Oops.] Grammatical mistake in German foot note #203

Open c1887 opened 4 years ago

c1887 commented 4 years ago

Chapter number or note title: Chapter 0, Exercise 2, Footnote 24

Page number: 17

Error description: The footnote says "Ja, das ist das [...]maschine". However, the German language has 3 different articles (der, die das). In this particular case, you want "die" instead of "das" [...]maschine.

Suggested fix (if any): Ja, das ist die Subatomar[...]maschine.

echuber2 commented 4 years ago

+1, and I remember a rule of thumb from German class that the last word in a compound is what determines the gender.

c1887 commented 4 years ago

Yes, indeed.