Xref: utzoo comp.lang.misc:6663 comp.lang.c:36330 Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!zyx!arndt From: arndt@zyx.ZYX.SE (Arndt Jonasson) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.c Subject: Printing plural forms. Message-ID: <1991Feb19.104810.549@ZYX.SE> Date: 19 Feb 91 10:48:10 GMT Sender: arndt@ZYX.SE (Arndt Jonasson) Followup-To: comp.lang.misc Organization: ZYX Sweden AB, Stockholm, Sweden Lines: 27 We all have seen and, in various degrees, been irritated by texts such as: 1 files were copied when it should have been: 1 file was copied I'd like to know: when programming, how do you avoid such errors? Are there features in the programming language you use (or other languages you know) that make plural handling especially easy or difficult? Are there features in your native language that make plural handling especially difficult? All opinions and information are welcome (though I'm more interested in how people actually produce a correct text, rather than their excuses for not doing so). Reply to me by email, and I'll post a summary. [I cross-post this to comp.lang.c, because I think I will reach a larger audience that way.] -- Arndt Jonasson, ZYX AB, Styrmansgatan 6, 114 54 Stockholm, Sweden email address: arndt@zyx.SE or !mcsun!sunic!zyx!arndt