Index: includes/form.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/form.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.252
diff -u -r1.252 form.inc
--- includes/form.inc	8 Dec 2007 14:06:20 -0000	1.252
+++ includes/form.inc	19 Dec 2007 16:20:40 -0000
@@ -636,12 +636,12 @@
       // and a textfield could return '0' and empty('0') returns TRUE so we
       // need a special check for the '0' string.
       if ($elements['#required'] && empty($elements['#value']) && $elements['#value'] !== '0') {
-        form_error($elements, $t('!name field is required.', array('!name' => $elements['#title'])));
+        form_error($elements, $t('%name is a required field.', array('%name' => $elements['#title'])));
       }
 
       // Verify that the value is not longer than #maxlength.
       if (isset($elements['#maxlength']) && drupal_strlen($elements['#value']) > $elements['#maxlength']) {
-        form_error($elements, $t('!name cannot be longer than %max characters but is currently %length characters long.', array('!name' => empty($elements['#title']) ? $elements['#parents'][0] : $elements['#title'], '%max' => $elements['#maxlength'], '%length' => drupal_strlen($elements['#value']))));
+        form_error($elements, $t('%name cannot be longer than %max characters but is currently %length characters long.', array('%name' => empty($elements['#title']) ? $elements['#parents'][0] : $elements['#title'], '%max' => $elements['#maxlength'], '%length' => drupal_strlen($elements['#value']))));
       }
 
       if (isset($elements['#options']) && isset($elements['#value'])) {