[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress Trac] #6368: Use proper plural forms in languages with more than two forms

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#6368: Use proper plural forms in languages with more than two forms
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 Reporter:  netweb         |       Owner:  boonebgorges
     Type:  defect (bug)   |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  2.3
Component:  Locale - i18n  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch      |
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Comment (by boonebgorges):

 > Could use some feedback from a localization expert!

 That's not me :) but I think netweb is right. The primary difference
 between the bp-messages-star examples he lists, and the core examples you
 point to, is that the former strings have `1` hardcoded into them. The
 general rule is arising out of
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/28502#comment:23: string pairs in
 `_n()` should be exactly the same, except for the plural status of the
 noun (in English: `comment` vs `comments`). If a particular number, like
 1, needs its own syntax ("Just a single comment left!"), it should be its
 own string, outside of `_n()`. The bp-messages-star examples look like
 cases where simply swapping `1` with `%s` would be enough.

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