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The validator fails English check! KimmoA 09-06-2006
Posted by KimmoA on September 6, 2006, 11:43 pm
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Something that has bugged me for quite some time is how it says "Failed
validation, x errors" instead of "Failed validation; x errors". Anyone
agree?


Posted by Andy Dingley on September 7, 2006, 5:32 am
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KimmoA wrote:

> Something that has bugged me for quite some time is how it says "Failed
> validation, x errors" instead of "Failed validation; x errors". Anyone
> agree?

The first one is arguably right, if you consider it as a sentence with
a pause in it. The second is simply wrong - it should be a colon and
not a semicolon.

I'd agree with you in general that the second is better than the first
with the comma, if you used a colon instead.


Posted by boclair on September 7, 2006, 6:05 am
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Andy Dingley wrote:
> KimmoA wrote:
>
>> Something that has bugged me for quite some time is how it says "Failed
>> validation, x errors" instead of "Failed validation; x errors". Anyone
>> agree?
>
> The first one is arguably right, if you consider it as a sentence with
> a pause in it. The second is simply wrong - it should be a colon and
> not a semicolon.


Pedantically, it should be a colon if the clause, "x errors", expands or
illustrates the clause, "Failed validation"; which it does surely.

Louise

Posted by Harlan Messinger on September 7, 2006, 11:41 am
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KimmoA wrote:
> Something that has bugged me for quite some time is how it says "Failed
> validation, x errors" instead of "Failed validation; x errors". Anyone
> agree?

It also doesn't have a subject, and it lacks a verb in the second
clause. It isn't a sentence. In the end, do you think it matters?

Posted by boclair on September 7, 2006, 7:12 pm
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Harlan Messinger wrote:
> KimmoA wrote:
>> Something that has bugged me for quite some time is how it says "Failed
>> validation, x errors" instead of "Failed validation; x errors". Anyone
>> agree?
>
> It also doesn't have a subject, and it lacks a verb in the second
> clause. It isn't a sentence. In the end, do you think it matters?

Totally off topic, being pedantic and off little consequence but

1.."Failed validation" is a sentence of proper construction when it
answers a question; or asks a question "Failed validation?"
2.."x errors" is a subordinate clause

Correct grammar would be, "Failed validation:x errors"

It is a matter of style but perhaps preferable would be
"Validation failed:x errors"

Louise

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