Grammar corrections from Phil Gregory

CREDITS

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ And all the other contributors:
  * Christian Legler <capt@capt.de>
    | New images for pisg
  * Phil Gregory <phil_g@pobox.com>
-   | Regex support in user aliases
+   | Regex support in user aliases, grammar corrections
 
 I probably forgot a lot of people here, _PLEASE_ notify me if I left you
 out.. because I have a bad habit of forgetting to maintain this list :)

Changelog

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pisg (0.22)
      enabled. (thanks, Phil Gregory)
    * When using logdirs, files is now sorted properly, so files is read in the
      right order (thanks, Sascha Lüdecke)
+   * A bunch of English grammar corrections (thanks, Phil Gregory)
 
 pisg (0.21) - Mon, Aug 27th 2001
    * Fix stupid legend bug; 0-6 should be 0-5, and 7-11 should be 6-11.

lang.txt

@@ -22,84 +22,84 @@
 <lang name="EN">
 ### English
 mostop1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> donated [:ops] ops in the channel..."
-mostop2 = "<b>[:nick]</b> was also very polite: [:ops] from [:him:her:]"
+mostop2 = "<b>[:nick]</b> was also very polite: [:ops] ops from [:him:her:]."
 mostop3 = "Strange, no op was given on [:channel]!"
 
-action1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> always lets us know what [:he:she:] is doing: [:actions] actions!"
-action2 = "Also <b>[:nick]</b> tells us what's up with [:actions]"
-action3 = "No actions in [:channel] !"
-actiontext = "<b>For example like this:</b><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[:line]"
+action1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> always lets us know what [:he:she:]'s doing: [:actions] actions!"
+action2 = "Also, <b>[:nick]</b> tells us what's up with [:actions] actions."
+action3 = "No actions in [:channel]!"
+actiontext = "<b>For example, like this:</b><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[:line]"
 
-mostdeop1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> is the channel sheriff with [:deops] deops..."
-mostdeop2 = "<b>[:nick]</b> deoped [:deops] users"
+mostdeop1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> is the channel sheriff with [:deops] deops."
+mostdeop2 = "<b>[:nick]</b> deoped [:deops] users."
 mostdeop3 = "Wow, no op was taken on [:channel]!"
 
-question1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> is either stupid or just making many questions... [:per]% lines contained a question!"
-question2 = "<b>[:nick]</b> didn't know that much either, [:per]% of [:his:her:] lines were questions"
-question3 = "Nobody asked questions here, just geniuses at this channel?"
+question1 = "Is <b>[:nick]</b> stupid or just asking too many questions?  [:per]% lines contained a question!"
+question2 = "<b>[:nick]</b> didn't know that much either.  [:per]% of [:his:her:] lines were questions."
+question3 = "Nobody asked questions here; just geniuses in this channel?"
 
-loud1 = "Loudest one was <b>[:nick]</b> who yelled [:per]% of the time!"
-loud2 = "Another <i>old yeller</i> was <b>[:nick]</b> who shouted [:per]% of the time!"
-loud3 = "Nobody raised an exclamation mark, wow."
+loud1 = "The loudest one was <b>[:nick]</b>, who yelled [:per]% of the time!"
+loud2 = "Another <i>old yeller</i> was <b>[:nick]</b>, who shouted [:per]% of the time!"
+loud3 = "Nobody shouted at all, wow."
 
-shout1 = "It seem that <b>[:nick]</b>'s shift-key is hanging, [:per]% of the time [:he:she:] wrote UPPERCASE"
-shout2 = "<b>[:nick]</b> just forgot to deactivate [:his:her:] Caps-Lock, [:per]% of the time [:he:she:] wrote UPPERCASE"
-shout3 = "Everybody had their shift-key under control :)"
-shouttext = "<b>For example like this:</b><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[:line]"
+shout1 = "It seem that <b>[:nick]</b>'s shift-key is hanging:  [:per]% of the time [:he:she:] wrote UPPERCASE."
+shout2 = "<b>[:nick]</b> just forgot to deactivate [:his:her:] Caps-Lock.  [:He:She:] wrote UPPERCASE [:per]% of the time."
+shout3 = "Everybody had their shift-key under control.  :)"
+shouttext = "<b>For example, like this:</b><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[:line]"
 
 
-slap1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> is a very aggresive person, who slapped around <b>[:slaps]</b> times."
-slap2 = "<b>[:nick]</b> can't control [:posessive] aggressions. [:He:She:] slapped around <b>[:slaps]</b> times."
-slap3 = "Nobody slapped around anybody, everybody was friendly."
-slaptext = "<b>For example like this:</b><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[:line]"
+slap1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> is a very aggresive person.  [:He:She:] slapped others around <b>[:slaps]</b> times."
+slap2 = "<b>[:nick]</b> can't control [:his:her:] aggressions.  [:He:She:] slapped people around <b>[:slaps]</b> times."
+slap3 = "Nobody slapped anyone around.  Everybody was friendly."
+slaptext = "<b>For example, like this:</b><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[:line]"
 
-slapped1 = "Poor <b>[:nick]</b>, nobody likes [:him:her:]. [:He:She:] got slapped <b>[:slaps]</b> times."
-slapped2 = "<b>[:nick]</b> seems to be unliked too, [:he:she:] got slapped <b>[:slaps]</b> times."
-slapped3 = "Nobody got slapped in this channel :)"
-slappedtext = "<b>For example like this:</b><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[:line]"
+slapped1 = "Poor <b>[:nick]</b>, nobody likes [:him:her:].  [:He:She:] got slapped <b>[:slaps]</b> times."
+slapped2 = "<b>[:nick]</b> seems to be unliked too.  [:He:She:] got slapped <b>[:slaps]</b> times."
+slapped3 = "Nobody got slapped in this channel.  :)"
+slappedtext = "<b>For example, like this:</b><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[:line]"
 
-gotkick1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> wasn't very popular, got kicked [:kicks] times!"
-gotkick2 = "<b>[:nick]</b> seemed to be hated too, [:kicks] kicks were received"
-kicktext = "<b>For example like this:</b><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[:line]"
+gotkick1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> wasn't very popular, getting kicked [:kicks] times!"
+gotkick2 = "<b>[:nick]</b> seemed to be hated too:  [:kicks] kicks were received."
+kicktext = "<b>For example, like this:</b><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[:line]"
 
-joins = "<b>[:nick]</b> couldn't decide to stay or to go, [:joins] joins during this reporting period!"
+joins = "<b>[:nick]</b> couldn't decide whether to stay or go.  [:joins] joins during this reporting period!"
 
-kick1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> is insane or just a fair op, kicked a total of [:kicked] people!"
-kick2 = "[:oldnick]'s faithfull follower, <b>[:nick]</b>, kicked about [:kicked] people"
-kick3 = "Nice oppers here, no one got kicked!"
+kick1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> is either insane or just a fair op, kicking a total of [:kicked] people!"
+kick2 = "[:oldnick]'s faithful follower, <b>[:nick]</b>, kicked about [:kicked] people."
+kick3 = "Nice opers here, no one got kicked!"
 
 words1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> spoke a total of [:words] words!"
-words2 = "[:oldnick]'s faithfull follower, <b>[:nick]</b>, didn't speak so much: [:words] words."
-words3 = "Nobody said anything... what a strange channel..."
+words2 = "[:oldnick]'s faithful follower, <b>[:nick]</b>, didn't speak so much: [:words] words."
+words3 = "Nobody said anything...  What a strange channel..."
 
-mono1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> is talking to [:him:her:]self a lot, wrote over 5 lines in a row [:monos] times!"
-mono2 = "Another lonely one was <b>[:nick]</b>, who managed to hit [:monos] times"
+mono1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> is talking to [:him:her:]self a lot.  [:He:She:] wrote over 5 lines in a row [:monos] times!"
+mono2 = "Another lonely one was <b>[:nick]</b>, who managed to hit [:monos] times."
 
-wpl1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> wrote an average of [:wpl] words per line..."
+wpl1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> wrote an average of [:wpl] words per line."
 wpl2 = "Channel average was [:avg] words per line."
 
-long1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> wrote longest lines, average of [:letters] per line..."
-long2 = "Channel average on [:channel] was [:avg] letters per line"
+long1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> wrote the longest lines, averaging [:letters] letters per line."
+long2 = "[:channel] average was [:avg] letters per line."
 
-short1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> wrote shortest lines, average of [:letters] per line..."
-short2 = "[:nick] was tight-lipped, too, averaging [:letters]"
+short1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> wrote the shortest lines, averaging [:letters] characters per line."
+short2 = "[:nick] was tight-lipped, too, averaging [:letters] characters."
 
-foul1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> has quite a potty mouth, [:per]% lines contained foul language"
-foul2 = "<b>[:nick]</b> also makes sailors blush, [:per]% of the time"
-foul3 = "Nobody is foul-mouthed at [:channel]! Get out much?"
+foul1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> has quite a potty mouth.  [:per]% lines contained foul language."
+foul2 = "<b>[:nick]</b> also makes sailors blush, [:per]% of the time."
+foul3 = "Nobody is foul-mouthed in [:channel]!  Get out much?"
 
-smiles1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> brings happiness to the world, [:per]% lines contained smiling faces :)"
-smiles2 = "<b>[:nick]</b> isn't a sad person either, who smiled [:per]% of the time"
-smiles3 = "Nobody smiles at [:channel]! Cheer up guys and girls."
+smiles1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> brings happiness to the world.  [:per]% lines contained smiling faces.  :)"
+smiles2 = "<b>[:nick]</b> isn't a sad person either, smiling [:per]% of the time."
+smiles3 = "Nobody smiles in [:channel]!  Cheer up guys and girls."
 
-sad1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> seems to be sad at the moment, [:per]% lines contained sad faces :("
-sad2 = "<b>[:nick]</b> is also a sad person, who cried [:per]% of the time"
-sad3 = "Nobody is sad at [:channel]! What a happy channel :-)"
+sad1 = "<b>[:nick]</b> seems to be sad at the moment:  [:per]% lines contained sad faces.  :("
+sad2 = "<b>[:nick]</b> is also a sad person, crying [:per]% of the time."
+sad3 = "Nobody is sad in [:channel]!  What a happy channel.  :-)"
 
 month = "January February March April May June July August September October November December"
 day = "Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday"
 
-notopic = "A topic was never set on this channel"
+notopic = "A topic was never set on this channel."
 
 ## Topics
 
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ urlstopic = "Most referenced URLs"
 
 ## Other text
 
-totallines = "Total number of lines: [:lines]"
-totalnicks = "By the way, there were [:totalnicks] other nicks"
-totaltopic = "The topic was set [:total] times"
+totallines = "Total number of lines: [:lines]."
+totalnicks = "By the way, there were [:totalnicks] other nicks."
+totaltopic = "The topic was set [:total] times."
 nick = "Nick"
 url = "URL"
 numberlines = "Number of lines"
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ show_cpl = "Chars per line"
 lastused = "Last Used by"
 pagetitle1 = "[:channel] @ [:network] stats by [:maintainer]"
 pagetitle2 = "Statistics generated on "
-pagetitle3 = "During this [:days]-days reporting period, a total number of <b>[:nicks]</b> different nicks were represented on [:channel]."
+pagetitle3 = "During this [:days]-day reporting period, a total of <b>[:nicks]</b> different nicks were represented on [:channel]."
 </lang>
 
 ### German