[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40769: Translators' note required for singular/plural strings where both strings are in the singular form

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#40769: Translators' note required for singular/plural strings where both strings
are in the singular form
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 Reporter:  pidengmor    |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by GaryJ):

 I ''think'' the '''Widget''' in single and plural strings are correct
 here.

 Instead of widget count in numbers, think of it as "Widget A, Widget B,
 Widget C". In English, it wouldn't make sense to have "Widget A, Widgets
 B, Widgets C", following English pluralisation rules.

 In other locales, it may be that items labelled with numbers, have
 different variations, even if it's not a count. Extremely rare possibly,
 or maybe just a coding oversight here resulting in a redundant
 single/plural split instead of a static string that happens to contain a
 dynamic non-counting number.

 Also, there is a translator comment:
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/src/wp-includes/widgets
 /class-wp-widget-media-video.php?marks=42#L42

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