[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #9974: Text tweak for option in Text widget

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#9974: Text tweak for option in Text widget
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  Reporter:  demetris  |        Type:  enhancement     
    Status:  reopened  |    Priority:  normal          
 Milestone:  2.9       |   Component:  UI              
   Version:  2.8       |    Severity:  minor           
Resolution:            |    Keywords:  has-patch tested
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Changes (by demetris):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  wontfix =>
  * milestone:  => 2.9


Comment:

 What’s wrong with the grammar?  “Paragraph” is perfectly common as a verb,
 and “to auto-paragraph” is used often for this kind of operation.

 For “paragraph” as a verb, see:

 <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/paragraph>

 The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (probably the finest English
 dictionary in digital form) gives as second sense of the verb:

 “Divide into or arrange in paragraphs.”

 It also says that this usage is recorded since the 18th century. (L18:
 late 18th)

 The current string:

 First, is *too long* for this space.

 Second, and strictly speaking, is not accurate:  The option does not add
 paragraphs.  It replaces double line-breaks with p elements (which is too
 technical for a UI string), or, in other words, it *separates* text into
 paragraphs.

 Please reconsider this.

 By the way, how do we know that we are in a string freeze?  Is this
 announced somewhere?  (I thought strings got frozen in the first RC.)

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