[HIG] [Bug 70122] Changed - Contractions of language confusing

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Changed by mjs noisehavoc org 

--- shadow/70122	Wed Jan 30 19:04:32 2002
+++ shadow/70122.tmp.20212	Thu Jan 31 00:57:05 2002
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@
 I think a lot of other people down here (the netherlands) would make the
 same mistake, where as "Do Not" is very clear to them.
 
 Ps, the UI proposals, actualy sugest the usage of "Don't". This might be
 worth considering changing?
 link: http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/proposals/dialog.html
+
+------- Additional Comments From mjs noisehavoc org  2002-01-31 00:57 -------
+I think that, generally, "Don't" is preferrable to "Do not". To a fluent 
+English speaker, "Do not" will sound slightly stilted and 
+unnatural in many contexts. I think people who have trouble with 
+English should use the appropriate localizations instead.
+