Help us : Spelling/Grammar/Structure Errors in ENGLISH

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I'm back with a minor Grammar problem.

Location: Message when moving topics it says

Code:

the topics have been moved

When it should say

Code:

The topic has been moved

darren1 wrote:I'm back with a minor Grammar problem.

Location: Message when moving topics it says

Code:

the topics have been moved

When it should say

Code:

The topic has been moved

You had this while using the mass moderation ?

Cornelia wrote:

darren1 wrote:I'm back with a minor Grammar problem.

Location: Message when moving topics it says

Code:

the topics have been moved

When it should say

Code:

The topic has been moved

You had this while using the mass moderation ?

No, I was just moving 1 topic alone via the "move topic" mod tool

How can I put an image in the Spoiler tab ?

Bella Goth wrote:How can I put an image in the Spoiler tab ?

Please ask in the support section of the Forum

This is crazily pedantic...why would they bother adding in extra scripting to change it to singular when just 1 topic has been moved?

Whogopenguin wrote:This is crazily pedantic...why would they bother adding in extra scripting to change it to singular when just 1 topic has been moved?

So it uses proper Grammar
DUH

EDIT: I'm not going to bother explaining to Whogopenguin about his/her below post

Bella Goth wrote:How can I put an image in the Spoiler tab ?

Like this?

Spoiler:

Spoiler tag open - Image tag opne - image link - image tag closed - spoiler tag closed

Code:

[spoiler][img]http://illiweb.com/fa/shop/en/Ban%20FM%204.png[/img][/spoiler]

Why "No new private messages..."?

It should be "New private messages..."

ddwl wrote:

Bella Goth wrote:How can I put an image in the Spoiler tab ?

Like this?

Spoiler:

Spoiler tag open - Image tag opne - image link - image tag closed - spoiler tag closed

Code:

[spoiler][img]http://illiweb.com/fa/shop/en/Ban%20FM%204.png[/img][/spoiler]

Please don't provide support in the wrong topic or section as its going to confuse other members. THis is for spelling error.

Hello,

If you go to general => reports => permissions. You'll notice that when you click on either 'Here you can lock the report feature for special users who abuse of them' or 'Here you can disable the post report from specific users you consider as trustworthy, so members won't be able to send reports for messages posted by these specific users' that the descriptions are opposite.



As you can see, you have got them the wrong way round. Just thought I'd point this out as it looks rather unprofessional for those who pay attention to things like that.

darren1 wrote:

Whogopenguin wrote:This is crazily pedantic...why would they bother adding in extra scripting to change it to singular when just 1 topic has been moved?

So it uses proper Grammar
DUH

Your grammar was incorrect in that sentence.

As "they" (Forumotion) were the subject of my sentence, your response had to refer to them (e.g. "so they use proper grammar"). "It" cannot use proper grammar because "it" is merely referring to an indirect object.

Silly hypocrite.

There's an error on my forum that I've noticed for a while, but didn't think much of before my members started complaining.

When someone enters a post at the same time that you do, this message appears.

"A new message has just been added while you write it your."

It should say something like "A new message has been entered in this topic at the same time as yours, would you like to continue?"

I don't know if I should have placed this in Suggestions, so move it if need be, but I think this is a pretty serious problem for most boards using the English interface.

Thanks!

Cjanz wrote:There's an error on my forum that I've noticed for a while, but didn't think much of before my members started complaining.

When someone enters a post at the same time that you do, this message appears.

"A new message has just been added while you write it your."

It should say something like "A new message has been entered in this topic at the same time as yours, would you like to continue?"

I don't know if I should have placed this in Suggestions, so move it if need be, but I think this is a pretty serious problem for most boards using the English interface.

Thanks!

I believe that occurs with my forum as well, and I hope it gets fixed.

Whogopenguin wrote:

darren1 wrote:

Whogopenguin wrote:This is crazily pedantic...why would they bother adding in extra scripting to change it to singular when just 1 topic has been moved?

So it uses proper Grammar
DUH

Your grammar was incorrect in that sentence.

As "they" (Forumotion) were the subject of my sentence, your response had to refer to them (e.g. "so they use proper grammar"). "It" cannot use proper grammar because "it" is merely referring to an indirect object.

Silly hypocrite.

Did darren just get Pwned?

Rok wrote:

Cjanz wrote:There's an error on my forum that I've noticed for a while, but didn't think much of before my members started complaining.

When someone enters a post at the same time that you do, this message appears.

"A new message has just been added while you write it your."

It should say something like "A new message has been entered in this topic at the same time as yours, would you like to continue?"

I don't know if I should have placed this in Suggestions, so move it if need be, but I think this is a pretty serious problem for most boards using the English interface.

Thanks!

I believe that occurs with my forum as well, and I hope it gets fixed.

Happens with mine to

Kinko, read the edit in my above post; it STATES that I don't wish to explain myself (READ FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!)

I purposely wrote it in bad grammar, or was I intending 3rd person

Cjanz, nice catch, but its not not properly right; but its pretty good

Note: Lazy day for me again; I got a big work day tomorrow

I've seen one at the very first page (the home) of the admin panel.

Home of Admin Panel wrote:Do never provide your password to anyone, even if this person claims being part of our forum hosting! Beside your forum, only the rescue tools (http://www.forumotion.com/en/utils/) requires the use of your password.

It should be:

Home of Admin Panel wrote:Never provide your password to anyone, even if this person claims to be part of our forum hosting! Besides your forum, only the rescue tools (http://www.forumotion.com/en/utils/) require the use of your password.

darren1 wrote:Kinko, read the edit in my above post; it STATES that I don't wish to explain myself (READ FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!)

I purposely wrote it in bad grammar, or was I intending 3rd person

Cjanz, nice catch, but its not not properly right; but its pretty good

Note: Lazy day for me again; I got a big work day tomorrow

"A new message has been entered in this topic at the same time as yours, would you like to continue?"

What's wrong about it?

Cjanz wrote:

darren1 wrote:Kinko, read the edit in my above post; it STATES that I don't wish to explain myself (READ FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!)

I purposely wrote it in bad grammar, or was I intending 3rd person

Cjanz, nice catch, but its not not properly right; but its pretty good

Note: Lazy day for me again; I got a big work day tomorrow

"A new message has been entered in this topic at the same time as yours, would you like to continue?"

What's wrong about it?

Obviously there should be an apostrophe ("your's").

Whogopenguin wrote:

Cjanz wrote:

darren1 wrote:Kinko, read the edit in my above post; it STATES that I don't wish to explain myself (READ FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!)

I purposely wrote it in bad grammar, or was I intending 3rd person

Cjanz, nice catch, but its not not properly right; but its pretty good

Note: Lazy day for me again; I got a big work day tomorrow

"A new message has been entered in this topic at the same time as yours, would you like to continue?"

What's wrong about it?

Obviously there should be an apostrophe ("your's").

What? there is no apostrophe in yours. That makes absolutely no sense, and if even if there needed to be an apostrophe, how does that make less sense than, "A new message has been entered while you write it your?"

I want you to read that three times and I challenge anyone to make sense of it.
"A new message has just been added while you write it your"
"A new message has just been added while you write it your"
"A new message has just been added while you write it your"

To have that message on our forums is not only embarrassing but it looks tremendously unprofessional and needs to be changed if our forums want to be taken seriously.

In Profile the tab Topic is being watched should be Topic(s) that are being watched.

The feature that makes a message appear if someone has posted a message at the same time as you, currently says:

A new message has just been added while you write it your.
You can consult the last messages posted below and thus to decide if you want to modify it or to record it.



Which doesn't really make sense at all. It should say something along the lines of:
"A new message has just been added while you wrote yours. You can review the new message posted below, and decide if you want to modify or save it."

WHen we visit someone's profile.
It shows See all your friends
It should be See all USERNAME's friends
I mean the you should be exchanged with the name of the user of whom we are viewing the profile of.

The error message when someone has posted while your writing yours isn't very good english. See screenshot. First line should read:

A new message has just been added while you've been writing yours

Also, under profile, last link, should read:

Topic's being watched, not Topic is being watched.

you mean "topics bein watched"
without the '

jamski wrote:The error message when someone has posted while your writing yours isn't very good english. See screenshot. First line should read:

A new message has just been added while you've been writing yours

Yes, somebody also pointed this out to me today.

AiKirika wrote:you mean "topics bein watched"
without the '

You mean:

Topics being watched.

I can not understand, i just redirected from another topic, which was about missing translation, to here. But here : Help us : Spelling/Grammar/Structure Errors in ENGLISH
nothing about translation, someone help me