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    I agree with this, to me reading "mark all read" implies doing something with the read items rather than marking all items as read Commented Nov 29, 2022 at 18:09
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    yup, indeed, @WhatsThePoint. Since in "mark all read" the last word is an adjective, first of all, it implies a noun should follow it (for example, "items"), and that implies an action should follow it (for example, "for deletion" / "as unread"). A correct phrase the current wording would look something like this: "mark all read items as unread", a shortcut for which is precisely the proposed wording: "mark all as unread" :) Commented Nov 29, 2022 at 18:46
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    And so it is done. Good suggestion - I believe the original intent was to make the button slightly shorter, but the clarity of the message is more important. Commented Jan 31, 2023 at 9:32