Hi!

> Good point. Could we not just have a monolingual text string property
> that gives the preferred writing of the unit when used after a number? I
> don't think the plural/singular issue is very problematic, since you
> would have plural almost everywhere, even for "1.0 metres". So maybe we

We have code to deal with that - note that "1 reference" and "2
references" are displayed properly. It's a matter of applying that code
and having it provided with proper configs.

> just need one alternative label for most languages? Or are there
> languages with more complex grammar rules for units?

Oh yes :) Russian is one, but I'm sure there are others.

-- 
Stas Malyshev
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