{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/woothemes/woocommerce/issues/7216","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/woothemes/woocommerce/issues/7216/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/woothemes/woocommerce/issues/7216/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/woothemes/woocommerce/issues/7216/events","html_url":"https://github.com/woothemes/woocommerce/issues/7216","id":55568638,"number":7216,"title":"Grammar corrections to .pot files","user":{"login":"LewisR","id":5404586,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5404586?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/LewisR","html_url":"https://github.com/LewisR","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LewisR/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LewisR/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LewisR/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LewisR/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LewisR/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LewisR/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LewisR/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LewisR/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LewisR/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2015-01-27T02:43:10Z","updated_at":"2015-01-27T10:58:45Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Some of the English grammar is truly in need of some attention. Mainly, I've found these issues to involve disagreement between subject and antecedent (customer order...their = wrong / customer order...his or her = right).\r\n\r\nExamples (corrected):\r\n\r\nwoocommerce.pot:\r\n\r\nline 6830:\r\n\r\n    #: includes/emails/class-wc-email-customer-reset-password.php:41\r\n    msgid \"\"\r\n    \"Customer reset password emails are sent when a customer resets his \"\r\n    \"or her password.\"\r\n    msgstr \"\"\r\n\r\nline 7173:\r\n\r\n    #: includes/gateways/paypal/class-wc-gateway-paypal.php:28\r\n    msgid \"\"\r\n    \"PayPal standard works by sending the user to PayPal to enter his or her payment \"\r\n    \"information.\"\r\n    msgstr \"\"\r\n\r\nline 8151:\r\n\r\n    #: includes/shipping/local-pickup/class-wc-shipping-local-pickup.php:25\r\n    msgid \"\"\r\n    \"Local pickup is a simple method which allows the customer to pick up the \"\r\n    \"order for him or herself.\"\r\n    msgstr \"\"\r\n\r\nline 9143:\r\n\r\n    #: templates/emails/admin-new-order.php:18\r\n    #: templates/emails/plain/admin-new-order.php:16\r\n    msgid \"You have received an order from %s. The order is as follows:\"\r\n    msgstr \"\"\r\n\r\nI'm not clear as to how to properly submit these suggested changes. There are other more awkward wordings in the admin pot file."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/woothemes/woocommerce/issues/comments/71627519","html_url":"https://github.com/woothemes/woocommerce/issues/7216#issuecomment-71627519","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/woothemes/woocommerce/issues/7216","id":71627519,"user":{"login":"franticpsyx","id":1783726,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1783726?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/franticpsyx","html_url":"https://github.com/franticpsyx","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/franticpsyx/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/franticpsyx/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/franticpsyx/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/franticpsyx/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/franticpsyx/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/franticpsyx/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/franticpsyx/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/franticpsyx/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/franticpsyx/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-01-27T10:58:45Z","updated_at":"2015-01-27T10:58:45Z","body":"\"Their\" is commonly used as a gender-neutral alternative to *his/her*, but usually with *someone, anyone, everybody, nobody*, especially when the pronoun could imply a reference to more than one person. It's an accepted form. You'll find this \"exception\" in many grammar books.\r\n\r\nThere's a discussion here:\r\nhttp://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=324472\r\n\r\nUsing *his/her* is the more \"purist\" approach and although it's grammatically more \"correct\", it is less commonly used.\r\n\r\nPersonally, I'd always write *their* with *someone, anyone, everybody, nobody*. I certainly don't like how it sounds next to *customer*. To avoid being sexist or sounding alien, passive voice is commonly preferred in formal or written use.\r\n\r\nIn case it makes any difference, my spoken english has gone downhill in the last few years since it's rarely used anymore, but I still read and use English everyday as it's my primary working language. For the record, I'm not a native speaker, but I'm qualified to teach English as a foreign language."}}