"in future" phrasing in "Remember this in future" is chiefly British; bad grammar

Bug #1879778 reported by Asif Youssuff
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apport (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Crash an app in a development version of Ubuntu.

What happens:

Dialog appears with option: "Remember this in future"

Expected result:

"Remember this in the future."

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: apport-gtk 2.20.11-0ubuntu35
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu35
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CrashReports:
 600:120:125:37:2020-05-20 15:13:07.723688177 -0400:2020-05-20 15:13:07.723688177 -0400:/var/crash/_usr_bin_gnome-boxes.1000.uploaded
 664:1000:125:0:2020-05-20 15:13:06.287707830 -0400:2020-05-20 15:13:06.287707830 -0400:/var/crash/_usr_bin_gnome-boxes.1000.upload
 640:1000:125:31798483:2020-05-20 15:18:27.111421346 -0400:2020-05-20 15:18:28.111421346 -0400:/var/crash/_usr_bin_gnome-boxes.1000.crash
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Wed May 20 15:18:58 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-20 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Alpha amd64 (20200518)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Asif Youssuff (yoasif) wrote :
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote :

Thanks for your report.

You suggest a change to the original string, so it's not a localization/translation issue, but a plain apport bug.

summary: "in future" phrasing in "Remember this in future" is chiefly British;
- bad localization
+ bad grammar
no longer affects: ubuntu-translations
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