From: Geoff Summerhayes
Subject: Re: easy plural formatting question
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 20:20:59 +0000
Message-ID: <LUtR7.110970$6b.8972021@news2.calgary.shaw.ca>

"Myriam Abramson" <········@osf1.gmu.edu> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
> How do I form the plural of "inch" to "inches"? I tried
> (format t "inch~P" 2 )
> inchs
> (format t ······@P" 2 )
> inchies
> (format t "inch~:P" 2 )
> inchs
>

(format t "inch~[es~;~:;es~]" 2)

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Geoff