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How do I change the 'username' on the registration page to say 'enter username'. I have already tried changing the member_register it doesn't work.

It should be enough to replace {$lang->username} in the member_register template with Enter username: or whatever you want. If that doesn't work, then maybe you are editing the template for the wrong theme?

Edit the language itself by going to
ACP > Configuration > Languages
Then find global.lang.php, choose 'Edit' at right.
Find the string that represents "Username" and change it.

You can also use 

placeholder="Enter Username"

and it will look like this

Instead of editing core lang files and having to redo such edits on each core update why not simply

placeholder="Enter {$lang->username}" title="Enter {$lang->username}"

Note: only issue with this is while "username" will remain localized "enter" will not be and if that bugs you then perhaps adding a lang var will be your choice:

Ie:

$l['enter'] = "Enter";

* though you will need to re-add new lang var to lang file on each core update as such will most likely be overwritten..

modify the previous snippet to compensate for new lang var:

placeholder="{$lang->enter} {$lang->username}" title="{$lang->enter} {$lang->username}"

Best of luck