Subject: is the "note " particle in sort.c needed?

From: Benno Schulenberg <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:31:23 +0100

Hi,

In src/sort.c there is this piece of code:

       error (0, 0,
              _("%snumbers use %s as a decimal point in this locale"),
              tab == decimal_point ? "" : _("note "),
              quote (((char []) {decimal_point, 0})));

What does "note " here mean?  Is it an adjective or a verb? Or
maybe something else?  And is it needed at all?

The thing is: it makes translating both strings hard, as it's
unclear for translators that they belong together.  Please
consider dropping the "note ", or changing the code to use
two separate, full messages, without fill-in words.

Benno