Stopwords
When sorting lists of words, users may be given the option of ignoring what are called "stopwords". For example, in English the stopwords are "a an the". Here is an illustration of the difference.
| Sorted without Stopwords | Sorted with Stopwords |
|---|
| Albania | Albania |
| Greece | The Bahamas |
| Spain | Greece |
| The Bahamas | Spain |
| Yemen | Yeman |
In your language, stopwords might also be articles, or they might include other words, or there might be no stop words. Separate each stopword by a space. If there is any doubt as to whether a word is a stopword or not, don't include it.
Good sources for stopwords are manuals of style, for newspapers, journals, and other publications.
Measurement System Names
There are special versions of "Yes" and "No" used for POSIX. Please supply the word in your language, lowercased, with common abbreviations separated by colons.
| Code |
English Example |
Description |
| metric |
Metric |
The measurement system used in most countries |
| US |
US |
The measurement system used in the US, with miles, feet, etc. A gallon is approximately 3.79 liters. |
| UK |
UK |
The measurement system traditionally used in the UK, with miles, feet, etc. A gallon is the imperial gallon, approximately 4.55 liters. |
Yes/No
There are special versions of "Yes" and "No" used for special purposes. Please supply the word in your language, lowercased, with common abbreviations separated by colons.
| Name |
English Example |
| Yes |
yes:y |
| No |
no:n |
Misc Patterns
The atLeast pattern is used to indicate a number that falls within a range with a known minimum, which is represented by the placeholder {0}. It is used when an exact number is not required, for example to indicate the number of people who have commented on an article.
The range pattern is used to indicate a range of numbers.
