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Re: ngettext() not enough?


From: Bob Proulx
Subject: Re: ngettext() not enough?
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 13:00:25 -0600
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John.Cowan wrote:
> Andreas Schwab scripsit:
> > IMHO (I'm not a native speaker) "1.0 degrees" is correct if you pronounce
> > it like "one point zero degrees", just like you would say "zero degrees",
> > not "zero degree".

Agreed.

> That's seductive but problematic: by the same token, we would say
> "zero point one degree".  ...

Actually, no, in American English at least it would still be "zero
point one degrees".

Bob




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