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Remove misleading pluralization wording related to count metrics (#488) 

Co-authored-by: Alexander Wert <AlexanderWert@users.noreply.github.com>
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### Fixes ### Fixes
- Remove misleading pluralization wording related to count metrics
([#488](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/pull/488))
## v1.23.0 (2023-11-03) ## v1.23.0 (2023-11-03)
This release marks the first where the core of HTTP semantic conventions have This release marks the first where the core of HTTP semantic conventions have

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If the value being recorded represents the count of concepts signified If the value being recorded represents the count of concepts signified
by the namespace then the metric should be named `count` (within its namespace). by the namespace then the metric should be named `count` (within its namespace).
The pluralization rule does not apply in this case.
For example if we have a namespace `system.processes` which contains all metrics related For example if we have a namespace `system.process` which contains all metrics related
to the processes then to represent the count of the processes we can have a metric named to the processes then to represent the count of the processes we can have a metric named
`system.processes.count`. The suffix `count` here indicates that it is the count of `system.process.count`.
`system.processes`.
#### Do not use `total` #### Do not use `total`