281719 - Fix wording on 410 Gone error page

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(www.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Description

[Jeff Walden [:Waldo]]

From mozilla.org's 410 Gone error page:

"We are sorry, the file you requested is no longer here, and there is no
suitable replacement page to redirect you to."

The issues:

The quoted sentence ends with a preposition, which is incorrect grammar.  I also
don't know why we refer to both "file" and "page".  There's a congruency between
the two clauses that suggests that we use either "page" or "file" but not both.
 Additionally, I believe the sentence suffers from faulty parallel syntax. 
There's nothing that sufficiently connects all three clauses such that they
belong in the same sentence.  (The wording in particular suggests that they
should be at least somewhat separated.)

A version of the error page with these issues corrected would be:

"We're sorry; the page you requested is no longer here, and no replacement page
exists."

Comment 1

[fantasai]

> The quoted sentence ends with a preposition, which is incorrect grammar.

This assertion is questionable. But regardless, I like the way you reworded the
sentence. :)

Fix checked in.