[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#7438) bug in mapview popup with ceasefire

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Raimar Falke wrote:
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> On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 11:35:13AM -0800, Jason Short wrote:
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>><URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7438 >
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>>Raimar Falke wrote:
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>>>PL_("City: %s (%s, %d turn ceasefire)",
>>>    "City: %s (%s, %d turn ceasefire)",
>>>
>>>Why is it "5 turn ceasefire" and not "5 turns ceasefire"?
>>
>>Just the way English is.
> 
> 
> I guessed this. So what about 
> 
>   They had 5 year(s) peace.
>   They had 5 year(s) of peace.
>   They had peace for 5 year(s).
> 
> Singular or plural form?

Plural.

In the years cases, the phrase is simple "5 years".  Years is the noun 
and five is the adjective.  In the turns case, you can think of it as 
hyphenated: "five-turn".  It's a compound noun, I think.  The hyphenated 
form is never pluralized (though I wouldn't be surprised if there were 
exceptions).

jason