Ticket #5986 (closed defect: fixed)

Opened 9 months ago

Last modified 7 months ago

Missing definite article

Reported by: filosofo Assigned to: anonymous
Priority: normal Milestone: 2.6
Component: Administration Version: 2.5
Severity: normal Keywords: has-patch dashboard grammar
Cc: filosofo

Description

The Dashboard should say "You are using the WordPress Default theme" instead of "You are using WordPress Default theme."

Attachments

definite_article.diff (0.9 kB) - added by filosofo on 02/24/08 22:13:51.

Change History

02/24/08 22:13:51 changed by filosofo

  • attachment definite_article.diff added.

05/02/08 18:22:45 changed by filosofo

  • keywords changed from has-patch dashboard to has-patch dashboard grammar.
  • component changed from General to Administration.

Any chance we could get this in 2.6? Referring to the X theme seems to be standard usage elsewhere: on the Design page it refers to "The default WordPress theme" and "The original WordPress theme"; similar usage seems to be common on the codex.

Besides, it's just proper English. From Purdue: 

The definite article is used before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or particular. The signals that the noun is definite, that it refers to a particular member of a group. For example:

"The dog that bit me ran away." Here, we're talking about a specific dog, the dog that bit me.

In this case, we're talking about a specific theme, the "Default" theme, or whatever.

05/05/08 15:55:00 changed by ryan

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

(In [7893]) Add definite article. Props filosofo. fixes #5986