Adjust awkward grammar on "Withdraw Items" pop-up menu
Referring specifically to the attached pop-up menu screen-cap (taken on July 24, 2017):
At the top of the image: "Last items of this holdings were deleted or moved" (plural)
Further down: "Last item of this holdings record was deleted or moved" (singular)
This is very confusing -- did the user delete a single item, or several items? Also, the grammar is awkward ("this holdings were").
Please either make one pop-up menu for a single item deletion and another pop-up menu for a multiple item deletion -- or else adjust the grammar of the existing pop-up menu to say something like:
"Last item(s) of Holdings record deleted or moved"
Further down: "Externalization" -- why this term when words such as "publishing" or "display" are better-defined within Alma and more familiar to Alma users? Consider using a more familiar term instead.
At the bottom: "Delete bibliographic record that have no other holdings"
This phrase is grammatically incorrect: the singular "record" should not be paired with the plural "have" -- instead, consider using:
"Delete bibliographic record (unless other holdings are present)"
Thanks for considering these potential changes.
Karen Scott
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Grammar on the Withdraw Items pop-up was corrected in the November 2017 release.
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Franky Werner commented
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Karen Scott
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Thanks!