[27141] in Athena Bugs
grammar bug in Athena account registration dialogue
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Belmonte)
Tue Nov 13 15:02:05 2007
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:01:53 -0500 (EST)
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From: belmonte@mit.edu (Matthew Belmonte)
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The screen that asks a new Athena account registrant for their six key words
uses the phrase "if you are a freshmen" - this is an error since the plural
noun "freshmen" is being used in a context where the singular is called for
(as suggested by the preceding singular indefinite article "a"). To fix this
bug - and thus to cease setting new students on the path to poor writing as
soon as they arrive at MIT - please change "freshmen" to "freshman". Many
thanks.
