[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#2565) Plural form needed for unit types

["Jason Short via RT" <rt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[per - Sun Jan 12 14:11:50 2003]:

> On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Jason Short via RT wrote:
> > > > This produces messages like
> > > > "Game: 1 unit of legion upgraded to ..."
> > > >"Game: 1 unit of carrier upgraded to ..."
> > >
> > > What do you think if this is changed to
> > >
> > > "Game: 1 unit of type legion upgraded to ..."
> > > "Game: 1 unit of type carrier upgraded to ..."
> >
> > Sounds ugly, but both are grammatically correct I think.
> 
> Game: Upgrade Legion to Musketeer: 3 units upgraded
> Game: Upgrade Carrier to Super Carrier: 2 units upgraded

Sounds good to me.

> Otherwise I'm for putting both singular and plural forms in the ruleset.
> 
> Also, I don't think "1 Settlers upgraded" is incorrect. The name of the
> unit is "Settlers" singular and "Settlers" plural, since we never deal
> with individual settlers.

I agree.  But "2 legion upgraded" definitely is.

jason