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Bug 246255 - "Other User's Folder" - avoid this genitive construction
"Other User's Folder" - avoid this genitive construction
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: evolution-mapi
Classification: Applications
Component: miscellaneous
3.2.x
Other other
: Normal trivial
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Assigned To: evolution-mapi-maint
evolution-mapi-maint
Depends on:
Blocks: 246224
 
 
Reported: 2003-07-13 22:06 UTC by Eugene O'Connor
Modified: 2012-03-30 14:19 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---



Description Eugene O'Connor 2003-07-13 22:06:36 UTC
It is a good idea to avoid the use of the apostrophe 's genitive 
construction. Translators may confuse it with a contraction and even 
native English speakers can be uncertain about the correct usage of this 
construction.

1. Menu item: /File > Open Other User's Folder/File > Open Folder of Other 
User
2. Menu item: /File > Remove Other User's Folder/File > Remove Folder of 
Other User
3. Open Other User's Folder dialog - To open, choose File > Open Other 
User's Folder:
s/Open Other User's Folder/Open Folder of Other User (titlebar)

Also, in Open Other User's Folder dialog:

4. s/Folder Name/Folder name

This bug blocks bug 246224.
Comment 1 Eugene O'Connor 2003-07-16 08:54:01 UTC
Nautilus experienced L10n headaches with this possessive form:

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/nautilus-list/2003-July/msg00086.html
Comment 2 Not Zed 2005-03-01 05:47:23 UTC
is it however, still correct english.
Comment 3 André Klapper 2006-02-11 13:31:00 UTC
adding string keyword - this obviously involves string changes
Comment 4 Matthew Barnes 2008-03-11 00:29:11 UTC
Bumping version to a stable release.
Comment 5 André Klapper 2012-02-10 17:26:29 UTC
Plugins were removed from Evolution codebase - string still exists in evolution-exchange and evolution-mapi.
Comment 6 Milan Crha 2012-03-30 14:19:21 UTC
I like the sentence construction, but if you think...

Created commit 038bce4 in ema master (3.5.1+)
Created commit 1323df1 in eex master (3.5.1+)