From 18815a54ad5eb2e22f29a6eeaa156ca0ea08f8c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "michaelpg@chromium.org" Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 06:41:03 +0000 Subject: Clean up sign-in grammar --------------------------------- "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. --------------------------------- Secondly, we should say "sign in" instead of "log in" in most places. --------------------------------- 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 --- ash/ash_strings.grd | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'ash/ash_strings.grd') 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... - Can't sign into another account. + Can't sign in to another account. You can only have up to three accounts in multiple sign-in. -- cgit v1.1