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| author | michaelpg@chromium.org <michaelpg@chromium.org@0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98> | 2014-02-05 06:41:03 +0000 |
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| committer | michaelpg@chromium.org <michaelpg@chromium.org@0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98> | 2014-02-05 06:41:03 +0000 |
| commit | 18815a54ad5eb2e22f29a6eeaa156ca0ea08f8c7 (patch) | |
| tree | 86516be2147687395c2cc5e52caa49518c43f2b5 /ash/ash_strings.grd | |
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Clean up sign-in grammar
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"Signin" is not a word.
"Sign into" doesn't make any more sense than "sign outof".
As a phrasal verb, it stands as a unit.
* "Bob signed in to Chromium to sync his settings."
* "Bob signed into Chromium, and it hurt. Next time he'll be more careful while
signing and walking in the chemistry lab."
Don't hurt Bob.
As a phrasal noun, "sign-in" should be hyphenated.
Follow these simple[1] rules for correct usage:
* "signin" is not a word
* "sign in to", not "sign into" (you wouldn't "sign outof" Chrome)
* as a noun or noun adjunct, "sign-in", not "sign in":
"Sign-in happens at the sign-in screen."
* as a participle + adverb:
* "signed-in" before a noun: "who is the signed-in cat?"
* "signed in" after a noun: "why is the cat signed in?"
Additionally, do not capitalize "in" or "out" in title case.
* "Sign in Again", not "Sign In Again"
[1] May not be simple.
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Secondly, we should say "sign in" instead of "log in" in most places.
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Sources:
* go/uxwordlist
* https://net.educause.edu/elements/attachments/educause/pdf/ch07_tab01.pdf
I'd like to have kuscher check my work. Including aruslan and derat for sign-off
because the changes are somewhat extensive.
BUG=315617
NOPRESUBMIT=true
R=kuscher@chromium.org, bulach@chromium.org, derat@chromium.org
Review URL: https://codereview.chromium.org/145273019
git-svn-id: svn://svn.chromium.org/chrome/trunk/src@248881 0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98
Diffstat (limited to 'ash/ash_strings.grd')
| -rw-r--r-- | ash/ash_strings.grd | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ash/ash_strings.grd b/ash/ash_strings.grd index 9b41563..a31da85 100644 --- a/ash/ash_strings.grd +++ b/ash/ash_strings.grd @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ Press Ctrl+Alt+Z to disable. Sign in another account... </message> <message name="IDS_ASH_STATUS_TRAY_CAPTION_CANNOT_ADD_USER" desc="The caption for the error message when the user has reached the limit of multi profile users."> - Can't sign into another account. + Can't sign in to another account. </message> <message name="IDS_ASH_STATUS_TRAY_MESSAGE_CANNOT_ADD_USER" desc="The error message when the user has reached the limit of multi profile users."> You can only have up to three accounts in multiple sign-in. |