<?php $num_comments = get_comments_number();

			$num_comments = get_comments_number(); // for some reason get_comments_number only returns a numeric value displaying the number of comments
			 if ( comments_open() ){
			 	  if($num_comments == 0){
			 	  	  $comments = __('No Comments');
			 	  }
			 	  elseif($num_comments > 1){
			 	  	  $comments = $num_comments. __('Comments');
			 	  }
			 	  else{
			 	  	   $comments ="1 Comment";
			 	  }
			 $write_comments = '<a href="' . get_comments_link() .'">'. $comments.'</a>';
			 }
			else{$write_comments =  __('Comments are off for this post');}


?>