Use of the plural with list, and when item count is 0

Asked Feb 04 '11 at 16:06

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“user accounts” or “users account”?

I keep asking myself which form is the most correct when listing items on a website:

"Article list"
or "Articles list"?

Also, when nothing was found, do you say:

"No items were found"
or "No item was found"
or more simply "No item(s?) found?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:38

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asked Feb 04 '11 at 16:06

greg0ire

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Hi gregOire and welcome to the site. This is a two-part question, so it might be considered "too broad". Also, each part has numerous duplicates, which is a reason for closing. See e.g. “user accounts” or “users account”? and There are no comments / There is no comment. – RegDwigнt Feb 04 '11 at 16:20

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"Article list"
"No items were found"

answered Feb 04 '11 at 16:08

chaos

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FYI in English "plural" means "any number not 1", so 0 is plural. – nohat Feb 04 '11 at 16:30
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@nohat: Remember, kids, this is one of the grammar rules we don't think about too hard so that we don't wind up stapling things to our foreheads and worshipping Cthulhu. – chaos Feb 04 '11 at 16:33