Re: Grammar of verbs for nouns with "(s)"

["Tom Johnson" <tomjohnson1492 -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Thanks to everyone who replied to my question about the "(s)" construction.
I opted to try to word it without the "(s)," even if the user only made one
selection. I routinely see buttons that say "Cancel Changes" or "Save
Changes," even though the user may have only made one change. So in my
opinion it's convention. Thanks again,

Tom

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Andrew Warren <awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com>wrote:

> Tom Johnson wrote:
>
> > In my user interface, I have a confirmation message that says,
> > "Success! Your meeting(s) have been deleted."
>
> Tom:
>
> You can work around this stupidity with "Success! Meeting(s) deleted."
>
> -Andrew
>
> === Andrew Warren  - awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com
> === Synaptics, Inc - Santa Clara, CA
>



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