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List:       kde-i18n-de
Subject:    Re: [Kopete-devel] Wrong use of plural form in kopete?
From:       Jason Keirstead <jason () keirstead ! org> (by way of Jason Keirstead
Date:       2003-12-16 0:54:07
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On December 15, 2003 08:23 pm, Malte Starostik wrote:
> Now even this simple example shows a subtle problem:
> AFAIK in English it's correct to write "Alice, Bob, and me" - I've always
> seen  this with a comma preceding the word "and". Is that mandatory or
> customary?

Gramatically, the comma should be there, because you want a pause there.
Having the "and" without the comma is wrong.

However, it is somewhat OK to do:

	"Alice, bob, foo1, foo2 are typing"

.. and omit the and as well as the comma. This is what Kopete is doing now.
 There is no "and". I think this was done to ease the translation.

> In German that'd be "Alice, Bob und ich" - there must be no 
> comma preceding the word "und" ("and").
> I'm pretty sure there's more ways to complicate this in other languages...

Probably :P

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