Why do you worry when software are available for that?
I know that 'software' is a mass noun and thus the plural is 'software'. To avoid this situation (as in given sentence), I always play smart –
Why do you worry when software tools are available for that?
This I do just to satisfy myself seeing software with are since I know I cannot use softwares. But then using tools mean something else. It's, after all, a tool!
Is there any way to describe plural of software
Best Answer
As pointed out in your question
software
is a mass noun also known as uncountable. Some uncountable nouns can be used in plural, and Google n-grams reports a number of instances forsoftwares
:The question arises whether this use of
softwares
is the result of the influence from non-native speakers of English or simply the natural evolution of its use. This is a question especially difficult to answer for technical terms such assoftware
.