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

["Paul Zastoupil" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7438 >

On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 12:35:52PM -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:
> > <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7438 >
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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)",
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> >>>Why is it "5 turn ceasefire" and not "5 turns ceasefire"?
> >>
> >>Just the way English is.
> > 
> > 
> > I guessed this. So what about 
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> >   They had 5 year(s) peace.

You could say "They had a 5 year peace".

> >   They had 5 year(s) of peace.
> >   They had peace for 5 year(s).
> > 
> > Singular or plural form?
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> 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).

I think this is a pretty accurate assesment.  As you see above, the
indefinite article applies to the 5-year combination.


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Paul Zastoupil