Philiwily Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 In IPB3, if you go to someone's profile and his status is not set, it says "Member has not set their status," which is grammatically incorrect. Is there any chance you could change "their" to "his" if his gender is set to male or to "her" if her gender is set to female. I know... it's kind of nit picky. :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor T Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 How would you know if they haven't set their gender?, and its hardly a big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrisecc Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 What about if gender is not set? You should post this in the tracker. "His/her' is okay with me. Or 'status is not set'. Or change 'their' to 'a' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrieux Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 If it is changed, change it to "...his status...". "His" is grammatically correct unless gender is known, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 If you wanted to get really nitpicky, this would depend on the language in use - so while in English you would have: "Member has not set [his/her] status" In, another language, the "his/her" would be at a different part of the sentence, and you may have to use a different word for set depending on the gender. It's not feasible to accommodate inserting various things in the string... and even just creating 3 different strings seems overkill - "their" is gender neutral and makes sense - in fact, isn't "One has not set their status" perfectly acceptable grammar anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcvs Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 stupid question but why not do {membername} has not set their status? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertMidd Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 stupid question but why not do {membername} has not set their status? Which is what it now shows. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stallyon Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Some languages there is no his/her like in Indonesian. They go by name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.