Hi!
Good point. Could we not just have a monolingual text
string property
that gives the preferred writing of the unit when used after a number? I
don't think the plural/singular issue is very problematic, since you
would have plural almost everywhere, even for "1.0 metres". So maybe we
We have code to deal with that - note that "1 reference" and "2
references" are displayed properly. It's a matter of applying that code
and having it provided with proper configs.
just need one alternative label for most languages? Or
are there
languages with more complex grammar rules for units?
Oh yes :) Russian is one, but I'm sure there are others.
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Stas Malyshev
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