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[128.30.9.213]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id s78sm6654937qks.0.2019.03.21.15.05.30 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 21 Mar 2019 15:05:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <60CD6589-DC69-4071-9090-027B595CEDA9@gmail.com> Content-Language: en-GB X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4864:20::829 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:234496 Archived-At: On 2019-03-21 17:56, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote: > > >> On Mar 22, 2019, at 6:34, Clément Pit-Claudel wrote: >> >> On 2019-03-21 17:21, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote: >>>> On Mar 22, 2019, at 6:03, Clément Pit-Claudel wrote: >>>> >>>> but the original author had actually writen the code to get the English plurals right in most cases. >>> >>> Yes, but the issue is not to have "most cases right" but rather to have readable strings in the code. >> >> But is that worth the loss in readability in the UI? > > That's a subjective issue. I think the strings are more readable now and there are potentially less grammatical mistakes (I am not talking about the "Number of" part you mentioned). While before it was easy to not notice a bug in the code. I think that is a net gain. Understood, thanks. I would have preferred sticking with the previous phrasing, but a single opinion is not much to act upon.