Larry Wall wrote: > Any other cute ideas? If you have '\s', you'll also want '\S':
"$n cat\s fight\S" # 1 cat fights; 2 cats fight I'm not fond of the 'ox\soxen' idea; but I could get behind something like '\s<ox oxen>' or 'ox\s<en>'. '\s<a b>' would mean 'a is singular; b is plural' '\s<a>' would be short for '\s< a>' '\s' would be short for '\s< s>' \S<a b>' would reverse this. Sometimes, you won't want the pluralization variable in the string itself, or you won't know which one to use. You could use an adverb for this: :s<$n>"the cat\s \s<is are> fighting." and/or find a way to tag a variable in the string: "$owner's \s=$count cat\s" '\s=$count' means "set plurality based on $count, and display $count normally." -- Jonathan "Dataweaver" Lang
