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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: kdepim/kpilot/conduits/notepadconduit
From:       Adriaan de Groot <adridg () cs ! kun ! nl>
Date:       2004-07-27 13:59:04
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.4.44.0407271558120.24657-100000 () odin ! cs ! kun ! nl
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote:
> On Tuesday,  27. July 2004 12:58, Andrew Coles wrote:
> > + logError(i18n("1 notepad could not be saved", "%n notepads could not be
> > saved", thread->getFailed()));
> > + logMessage(i18n("1 notepad saved", "%n notepads saved",
> > thread->getSaved()));
>
> Just from what I remember from English classes:
> Isn't the rule that one, two and three are never actually written as digits,
> but as a word? So, shouldn't it rather be
> "One notepad could not be saved"
> "One notepad saved"

Yes, perhaps. Shall we withhold Andrew's cookie as well? The i18n docs
that I've seen on plural handling certainly use the word "One" instead of
the digit.

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