jeffreygcowell
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A colleague at work frequently asks callers "Do you have a software to....". This sounds awkward and illiterate to me as most speakers would ask "do you have an application" or "do you have a software package/system/tool". My question is: is this awkward or is it wrong? Seems to me this is the use of an adjective as a noun, although software in the collective is a noun. It is the "a software" that bugs me. It is similar to me to saying do you have "a geese" or "a atmospheric".
Thanks for your insights.
Jeff
Thanks for your insights.
Jeff