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Re: [PATCH] setup: split "extensions found" messages into singular and plural

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Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@suse.de>
Date
May 18, 2021, 08:27 UTC
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<20210518082715.GO8544@kitsune.suse.cz>
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On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 02:29:59AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
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> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 12:19:17AM -0600, Alex Henrie wrote:
> 
> > It's easier to translate this way.
> 
> Makes sense.
> 
> I don't know about "easier to translate", since there are twice as many
> strings now. But certainly what the user sees will be more grammatically
> correct. :)

Note that some languages may still have dual (that is 2 extensions is different from both 1 and 3 and more extensions), and so on for 3 and 4, and in some languages 21 (and 31 but not necessarily 11) extensions may be singular again.

Kind of reminds me of https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/

Thanks
Michal
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  1. setup: split "extensions found" messages into singular and pluralAlex Henrie, May 18, 2021
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