Ticket #3749 (closed defect: fixed)

Opened 2 years ago

Last modified 2 years ago

"different than" should read "different from"

Reported by: jonnylamb Assigned to: ryan
Priority: low Milestone: 2.2
Component: Administration Version: 2.0.6
Severity: trivial Keywords: has-patch commit
Cc:

Description

In the General Options in WordPress admin, there is the following text:

If you want your blog homepage to be different than the directory you installed WordPress in, enter that address here.

This should read:

If you want your blog homepage to be different from the directory you installed WordPress in, enter that address here.

Here are some on-line docs that agree with my view:

Attached is a simple patch to correct this issue.

Attachments

different_from.diff (1.0 kB) - added by jonnylamb on 02/04/07 18:22:11.
Patch that corrects "different than" text in General Options.
3749-2.diff (1.2 kB) - added by foolswisdom on 03/27/07 17:54:31.

Change History

02/04/07 18:22:11 changed by jonnylamb

  • attachment different_from.diff added.

Patch that corrects "different than" text in General Options.

02/04/07 18:23:12 changed by jonnylamb

  • milestone set to 2.0.6.

02/04/07 21:52:50 changed by foolswisdom

  • version set to 2.0.6.
  • milestone changed from 2.0.6 to 2.2.

02/23/07 22:45:19 changed by Nazgul

  • keywords set to has-patch.

02/25/07 14:02:13 changed by markjaquith

This you catch, but the hanging preposition in the same sentence gets a pass? :-)

03/27/07 17:54:31 changed by foolswisdom

  • attachment 3749-2.diff added.

03/27/07 17:55:43 changed by foolswisdom

  • keywords changed from has-patch to has-patch commit.
  • owner changed from anonymous to ryan.

03/29/07 02:43:13 changed by rob1n

  • status changed from new to closed.
  • resolution set to fixed.

(In [5141]) Some grammar fixes in options-general.php. Props jonnylamb and foolswisdom. fixes #3749