[PATCH 0/1] NEWS: Avoid the words "nominative" and "genitive".

Rafal Luzynski digitalfreak@lingonborough.com
Fri Jul 27 09:44:00 GMT 2018


Shouldn't we avoid the terms "nominative" and "genitive" when
referring to the support of two grammatical forms of month names?
As an example, a Scottish Gaelic translator told me that their grammar
rules call these cases "nominative" and "possessive".  Unfortunately,
I don't remember where this was said and whether it was a private
email or a public list.

Additionally, there are languages where the genitive case exists but
it is incorrect to use it when formatting a date.

Thoughts?  Carlos?

Regards,

Rafal



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