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Re: gettext and plurals

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Subject: Re: gettext and plurals
From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 31 Jan 2000 09:05:06 -0800
In-reply-to: Markus Kuhn's message of "Mon, 31 Jan 2000 16:17:40 +0000"
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Markus Kuhn <Markus.Kuhn@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The proper thing to do is to avoid using numbers inside English
> sentences where this is feasible.

The important part is "where this is feasible".  I've been telling
people to avoid these form but it is simply not always possible.  The
messages created this way simply sound strange and unnatural.

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- Re: gettext and plurals
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