Error messages should be grammatically correct.

[Goodegirl2002]

Upon trying to open an htm file in PowerPoint, I received the following error
message:
This page requires a browser that supports frames, your's doesn't.

To be grammatically correct, the sentence should read:
This page requires a browser that supports frames. Yours does not.

The original sentence suffers a run-on as well as a mistake in possessive
punctuation. Also, most technical writing practitioners avoid contractions
in these types of formal communication.

Perhaps correcting this error could increase users' ability to read and
understand error messages in your programs.

 

[Michael Koerner]

Why would you try to open an htm/html file in PowerPoint in the first place? You
should be using something like Internet Explorer, or another browser.

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


Upon trying to open an htm file in PowerPoint, I received the following error
message:
This page requires a browser that supports frames, your's doesn't.

To be grammatically correct, the sentence should read:
This page requires a browser that supports frames. Yours does not.

The original sentence suffers a run-on as well as a mistake in possessive
punctuation. Also, most technical writing practitioners avoid contractions
in these types of formal communication.

Perhaps correcting this error could increase users' ability to read and
understand error messages in your programs.

 

[Tushar Mehta]

You make a good point. Hopefully, someone from MS will read your post and
take the necessary steps.

 

[Ute Simon]

Perhaps correcting this error could increase users' ability to read and

understand error messages in your programs.

I don't know, whether you understand any German. But if you try to read the
German machine translation of Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles, you will
never complain about such minor errors any more. Meanwhile, I prefer reading
the English original version - though I'm not a native speaker, it's easier
to understand for me.

Kind regards,
Ute