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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: [kde-workspace/KDE/4.6] powerdevil/daemon: fix plural handling
From:       Chusslove Illich <caslav.ilic () gmx ! net>
Date:       2011-02-01 9:47:14
Message-ID: 201102011047.17831.caslav.ilic () gmx ! net
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> [: Andrew Coles :]
> Is it okay to use 'batteries' as a fixed plural form for battery in that
> second message [...]

Plural forms should be used only when parts of the text have direct
grammatical dependence on an inserted integer number, and otherwise the text
does not change. In fact, not even

  i18np("Really delete this file?", "Really delete these %1 files?", n)

conforms to this criterion, because the number is omitted in the first text;
but it is too damn convenient, and therefore accepted as the upper limit of
non-grammatical difference between the two texts.

-- 
Chusslove Illich (Часлав Илић)

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