Book: Typo in the Introduction

[rafaelalvessa]

In the 13th paragraph of the section "How to Use This Book", it reads:

As such, we’ll provide many examples of code that doesn’t compile along with the error message the compiler will show you in each situation.

It should be:

(...) many examples of code that _don't_ compile (...)

[steveklabnik]

Ah yes, this is technically correct! Nice catch, even our copyeditors didn't notice.

[carols10cents]

Technically it depends on whether "that doesn't compile" goes with "examples" or "code"......

[rafaelalvessa]

Now I'm having second thoughts... In the end it's really down to the authors. Do they mean that examples of code don't compile, or that code [in the examples] doesn't compile? 🤔

[steveklabnik]

Technically it depends on whether "that doesn't compile" goes with "examples" or "code"......

Yes. But my reading is that "of code" is a dependent clause. It's because you can read the sentence without it:

As such, we’ll provide many examples that doesn’t compile

and this is clearly wrong.

I guess you could also argue that the whole thing is one big dependent clause... this is where my grammar expertise ends 😆

[carols10cents]

I decided to remove "of code" to make this discussion moot :)