Ticket #3749 (closed defect (bug): fixed)

Opened 5 years ago

Last modified 5 years ago

"different than" should read "different from"

Reported by: jonnylamb Owned by: ryan
Priority: low Milestone: 2.2
Component: Administration Version: 2.0.6
Severity: trivial Keywords: has-patch commit
Cc:

Description

In the General Options in WordPress admin, there is the following text:

If you want your blog homepage to be different than the directory you installed WordPress in, enter that address here.

This should read:

If you want your blog homepage to be different from the directory you installed WordPress in, enter that address here.

Here are some on-line docs that agree with my view:

Attached is a simple patch to correct this issue.

Attachments

different_from.diff Download (1.0 KB) - added by jonnylamb 5 years ago.
Patch that corrects "different than" text in General Options.
3749-2.diff Download (1.2 KB) - added by foolswisdom 5 years ago.

Change History

Patch that corrects "different than" text in General Options.

  • Milestone set to 2.0.6
  • Version set to 2.0.6
  • Milestone changed from 2.0.6 to 2.2
  • Keywords has-patch added

This you catch, but the hanging preposition in the same sentence gets a pass? :-)

  • Keywords commit added
  • Owner changed from anonymous to ryan
  • Status changed from new to closed
  • Resolution set to fixed

(In [5141]) Some grammar fixes in options-general.php. Props jonnylamb and foolswisdom. fixes #3749

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