--- loncom/homework/bridgetask.pm	2007/01/13 06:11:17	1.219
+++ loncom/homework/bridgetask.pm	2007/01/13 06:19:00	1.220
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA 
 # definition of tags that give a structure to a document
 #
-# $Id: bridgetask.pm,v 1.219 2007/01/13 06:11:17 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: bridgetask.pm,v 1.220 2007/01/13 06:19:00 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2486,13 +2486,13 @@ sub question_status_message {
     $status .= '.';
     if ($counts->{'opt'}) {
 	$status .= ' You were required to pass '.$counts->{'opt_req'}.
-	    'optional ';
+	    ' optional ';
 	if ($counts->{'opt_dim'} + $counts->{'man_dim'} < 1) {
 	    $status .=
-		' component'.($counts->{'opt_req'} == 1?'':'s');
+		($counts->{'opt_req'} == 1?'criterion':'criteria');
 	} else {
 	    $status .=
-		($counts->{'opt_req'} == 1?'criterion':'criteria');
+		'component'.($counts->{'opt_req'} == 1?'':'s');
 	}
 	$status .= '.';
     }