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So for the example in the article: > Would you like to share your profile photo? > Yes, share my profile photo > No, do not share my profile photo You'd pre

So for the example in the article: > Would you like to share your profile photo? > Yes, share my profile photo > No, do not share my profile photo You'd prefer it says "your" profile photo, instead? Wouldn't that make it sound like I'm sharing someone else's photo?

positron26 1y ago
> Wouldn't that make it sound like I'm sharing someone else's photo? Since the second party is not present, that interpretation makes no sense and users wouldn't interpret it that way in native English.
sublinear 1y ago
The example is bloated UI to begin with. It should just be a checkbox with the label: "Share your profile photo". This is going on a tangent now, but making things more clear and concise allows more options to fit on one screen which also reduces the need for endless submenus. This is a better experience because the user doesn't have to remember where the option is if they're all on one screen anyway, yet still broken up under subheadings.
- d1sxeyes 1y ago
  “Share profile photo” vs “Don’t share profile photo” is just as clear, even more concise, and no ambiguity.
  - StopDisinfo910 1y ago
    It’s also grammatically incorrect. Edit: As I stand massively downvoted at this point in time despite my comment being entirely factually correct, I invite any potential downvoter to consider the sentence “Give me apple” before reaching for the button.
    - DonHopkins 1y ago
      That's factually incorrect, which is worse. Imperative mood: subject you is implied, so no need to write it. https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/imperative_mood.htm https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/imperative_mood.htm Zero article/bare noun phrase: allows omission of your, the, etc. in fixed instructions. https://www.thoughtco.com/zero-article-grammar-1692619 https://www.thoughtco.com/zero-article-grammar-1692619 Standard negation: "don’t" is the grammatical way to negate an imperative. https://www.scribbr.com/verbs/imperative-mood https://www.scribbr.com/verbs/imperative-mood
      - StopDisinfo910 1y ago
        Sadly that is factually correct and none of the links in your reply actually supports your point. The rule about the zero article doesn't list the case of a noun after an imperative. The first link is about the subject, not the object and the third is about negative imperative. Why are you posting links about completely unrelated things? Once again, using a noun without an article this way is gramaticaly incorrect.
        crazygringo 1y ago
        "Share profile photo" would be grammatically incorrect as a complete sentence. But it's perfectly grammatically correct as a command label. English has different grammar rules in different contexts. For example, newspaper headlines omit articles all the time. That doesn't make the NYT grammatically incorrect on every page, though. Because they're using correct headline grammar, which is different from sentence grammar.
        StopDisinfo910 1y ago
        > But it's perfectly grammatically correct as a command label. Agree to disagree. The reason it sounds robotic is because it's grammaticaly incorrect. The article is not optional before the object in this sentence.
SoftTalker 1y ago
In that example I'd prefer that the options are simply "Yes" or "No". Why repeat the premise of the question in each answer? Even simpler is a checkbox: [ ] Share my profile photo.
- godshatter 1y ago
  I'd go for "Share profile photo" for the checkbox. Why even get into ownership of the photo? Maybe it's not mine and was given to me by whoever took the photo? Just keep it simple and stop pretending that my OS is alive.

positron26 1y ago

> Wouldn't that make it sound like I'm sharing someone else's photo? Since the second party is not present, that interpretation makes no sense and users wouldn't interpret it that way in native English.

sublinear 1y ago

The example is bloated UI to begin with. It should just be a checkbox with the label: "Share your profile photo". This is going on a tangent now, but making things more clear and concise allows more options to fit on one screen which also reduces the need for endless submenus. This is a better experience because the user doesn't have to remember where the option is if they're all on one screen anyway, yet still broken up under subheadings.

d1sxeyes 1y ago
“Share profile photo” vs “Don’t share profile photo” is just as clear, even more concise, and no ambiguity.
- StopDisinfo910 1y ago
  It’s also grammatically incorrect. Edit: As I stand massively downvoted at this point in time despite my comment being entirely factually correct, I invite any potential downvoter to consider the sentence “Give me apple” before reaching for the button.
  - DonHopkins 1y ago
    That's factually incorrect, which is worse. Imperative mood: subject you is implied, so no need to write it. https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/imperative_mood.htm https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/imperative_mood.htm Zero article/bare noun phrase: allows omission of your, the, etc. in fixed instructions. https://www.thoughtco.com/zero-article-grammar-1692619 https://www.thoughtco.com/zero-article-grammar-1692619 Standard negation: "don’t" is the grammatical way to negate an imperative. https://www.scribbr.com/verbs/imperative-mood https://www.scribbr.com/verbs/imperative-mood
    - StopDisinfo910 1y ago
      Sadly that is factually correct and none of the links in your reply actually supports your point. The rule about the zero article doesn't list the case of a noun after an imperative. The first link is about the subject, not the object and the third is about negative imperative. Why are you posting links about completely unrelated things? Once again, using a noun without an article this way is gramaticaly incorrect.
      - crazygringo 1y ago
        "Share profile photo" would be grammatically incorrect as a complete sentence. But it's perfectly grammatically correct as a command label. English has different grammar rules in different contexts. For example, newspaper headlines omit articles all the time. That doesn't make the NYT grammatically incorrect on every page, though. Because they're using correct headline grammar, which is different from sentence grammar.
        StopDisinfo910 1y ago
        > But it's perfectly grammatically correct as a command label. Agree to disagree. The reason it sounds robotic is because it's grammaticaly incorrect. The article is not optional before the object in this sentence.

SoftTalker 1y ago

In that example I'd prefer that the options are simply "Yes" or "No". Why repeat the premise of the question in each answer? Even simpler is a checkbox: [ ] Share my profile photo.

godshatter 1y ago
I'd go for "Share profile photo" for the checkbox. Why even get into ownership of the photo? Maybe it's not mine and was given to me by whoever took the photo? Just keep it simple and stop pretending that my OS is alive.