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Hi, I think this article is discussing about "each mode" of CPU, and the title can be converted to singular and become "CPU mode". I think there is no reason to make the title plural. This is not "the names of classes of objects", it is discussing about "each mode", which may be Kernel or User or any other things. @
UncleBubba: Any idea?
No, it is not. CPUs can run in a variety of modes (depending on the CPU), protected mode, real mode, virtual mode, problem state, supervisor state, any of a number of rings (0-3, IIRC), basic mode, extended mode, etc. These are all modes and, as a group, they constitute the set of "CPU modes" or, in other words, names of classes of objects (except, in this case, the "object" is intangible). The rule is spelled out pretty clearly in
WP:TITLEFORMAT:
Article titles are generally singular in form, e.g. Horse, not Horses. Exceptions include nouns that are always in a plural form in English (e.g. scissors or trousers) and the names of classes of objects (e.g. Arabic numerals or Bantu languages).
Key Largo, Key West, etc. are all mentioned in an article
Florida Keys, not Florida Key, and we have several
Data classification articles, not Datum classification. And, seriously, is this really worth all this time? It seems like it would be a better use of time to improve the article. —
UncleBubba(
T@C )18:57, 4 January 2021 (UTC)reply