In the thread rooted at
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-08/msg00082.html>
Koblinger Egmont <address@hidden> writes:
What is the correct approach if the number isn't presented in the string, as
in his "This item" vs. "These items" case? Should ngettext be used in this
case? Or this piece of code a good programming approach:
if (n == 1) printf(_("This item...")); else printf(_("These items...")); ?
That's a tricky question, so I'll forward this email to the gettext
maintainer.