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#945 typo: invalid use of apostrophe in plural form

fixed
nobody
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2.0.8
Minor
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2.1
nobody
2018-12-26
2018-12-26
No

Hi

There is a typo in the text "Note: The message is encrypted for the following User ID's / Keys:". In English the plural form does not have an apostrophe, also not for abbreviations. In this sentence you should write "IDs" rather than "ID's". See also https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ID#Noun

On another note, in this sentence "user" and "keys" should better be written in lower case.

A quick search finds more invalid uses of the apostrophe, see below. At least for English this is wrong.

Cheers,
Adi

$ rg "ID's\b"
package/keyRing.jsm
352: // pub key not valid (anymore)-> display all UID's

stdlib/openpgp-lib.js
48908: * Checks equality of Key ID's

lang/sv-SE/enigmail.properties
203:encryptKeysNote=OBS: meddelande krypteras med följande användar-ID's / Nycklar: %S

lang/sv-SE/enigmail.dtd
526:<!ENTITY enigmail.keyMan.manageUid.label "Hantera användar-ID's">
595:<!ENTITY enigmail.manageUidDlg.availableUid.label "Tillgängliga användar-ID's:">

lang/pt-BR/enigmail.properties
452:noKeyFound=Desculpe, não pude encontrar nenhuma resultado que atenda aos parâmetros de busca especificados.\nVerifique se os ID's de chave estão prefixados com \"0x\" (ex: 0xABCDEF12).

lang/gl/enigmail.properties
452:noKeyFound=Sentímolo, non se puido atopar ningunha chave que coincida cos criterios de busqueda especificados.\nOs ID's de chave deberían ter como prefixo \"0x\" (e.g. 0xABCDEF12).

package/cryptoAPI/gnupg-keylist.jsm
28:// field ID's of key list (as described in the doc/DETAILS file in the GnuPG distribution)

ui/content/enigmailCommon.js
85:// field ID's of key list (as described in the doc/DETAILS file in the GnuPG distribution)

ui/content/enigmailKeySelection.js
29:// field ID's of key list (as described in the doc/DETAILS file in the GnuPG distribution)

lang/lt/help/rulesEditor.html
29:

a list of OpenPGP Key ID's to use for the recipient

lang/zh-TW/help/rulesEditor.html
29:

a list of OpenPGP Key ID's to use for the recipient

lang/hr/help/rulesEditor.html
29:

a list of OpenPGP Key ID's to use for the recipient

lang/nl/help/rulesEditor.html
29:

een lijst van PGP sleutel ID's om te gebruiken voor de ontvanger

lang/sq/help/rulesEditor.html
29:

a list of OpenPGP Key ID's to use for the recipient

lang/hu/help/rulesEditor.html
29:

a list of OpenPGP Key ID's to use for the recipient

lang/bg/help/rulesEditor.html
28:

a list of OpenPGP Key ID's to use for the recipient

lang/pt-BR/help/rulesEditor.html
15:Key ID's para utilizar para este destinatário

lang/tr/help/rulesEditor.html
29:

a list of OpenPGP Key ID's to use for the recipient

lang/ar/help/rulesEditor.html
28:

a list of OpenPGP Key ID's to use for the recipient

lang/ko/help/rulesEditor.html
29:

a list of OpenPGP Key ID's to use for the recipient

lang/gd/help/rulesEditor.html
29:

a list of OpenPGP Key ID's to use for the recipient

lang/gl/help/rulesEditor.html
20:

  • Chave(s) OpenPGP: unha lista de ID's de chaves

    lang/nb-NO/help/rulesEditor.html
    29:

    a list of OpenPGP Key ID's to use for the recipient

    lang/sk/help/rulesEditor.html
    29:

    a list of OpenPGP Key ID's to use for the recipient

    ui/locale/en-US/enigmail.properties
    208:encryptKeysNote=Note: The message is encrypted for the following User ID's / Keys: %S

    ui/locale/en-US/help/rulesEditor.html
    29:

    a list of OpenPGP Key ID's to use for the recipient

  • Discussion

    • Patrick Brunschwig

      • status: open --> fixed
      • Fixed in version: --- --> 2.1
       
    • Patrick Brunschwig

      Thanks for the hint. I only fixed English, and only where the text is displayed (i.e. not in JavaScript comments). I'm not maintaining the other languages (even if some help files are in English), and I don't know what the correct form for writing IDs would be in any case.

       
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