Use of grammar by a fortune 500 company  - Page 1
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author: DimitriP
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2018, 12:25:10 am
content: In case you need help: "Please put your message for us"https://www.activate-here.us/us/Support/contactus

author: ataradov
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2018, 12:42:56 am
content: Activate here is some shitty third-party service. It is not a fortune 500 company.

author: JohnnyMalaria
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2018, 01:31:43 am
content: The problem is you are using the wrong language. Look at the language drop-down:United States - EnglishUnited States - EnglishUnited States - SpanishYou have to choose the correct "United States - English"

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2018, 01:37:58 am
content: Wait...what is US Spanish as apposed to regular Spanish?

author: JohnnyMalaria
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2018, 01:57:22 am
content: Quote from: Cyberdragon on June 28, 2018, 01:37:58 amProbably generally bastardised, misspelt, incorrectly pronounced and too many commas.

author: DimitriP
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2018, 01:57:50 am
content: Quote from: ataradov on June 28, 2018, 12:42:56 amThanks for putting answer.You might be half right but Tech Data is a fortune 500 company"PoweredBy Tech Data 2014 by Tech Data | All Rights Reserved "

author: JohnnyMalaria
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2018, 02:04:27 am
content: Quote from: DimitriP on June 28, 2018, 01:57:50 amMy scam email whiskers are twitching. Note it says "PoweredBy" and also the Tech Data link doesn't go anywhere.Oh, and Fortune lists don't mean anything anymore ever since it became knowledge that Small Hands Trumpfakedconned his way on to oneWhat irks me about that is that one of the people he faked being shared my name!

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2018, 02:10:35 am
content: Then there is the Western Australian University advertisement urging would be students to join them &"release your think"!

author: ataradov
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2018, 02:33:55 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on June 28, 2018, 02:29:58 amI agree, I think this kind of purposeful violation of the grammar is fine. I'm pretty sure there is even a proper name for this, since we do it a lot in different contexts. I'm just failing to come up with examples.

author: JohnnyMalaria
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2018, 02:35:34 am
content: Quote from: vk6zgo on June 28, 2018, 02:10:35 amMeanwhile, in a prison not too far away, there runs a similar advertisement urging would be parolees to "think your release".

author: krish2487
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2018, 06:23:14 am
content: umm... "free your mind"Quote from: wilfred onTodayat 12:29:58 pm

author: Circlotron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2018, 06:32:12 am
content: Quote from: DimitriP on June 28, 2018, 12:25:10 amAll your message are belong to us.

author: DimitriP
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2018, 06:39:34 am
content: Quote from: Circlotron on June 28, 2018, 06:32:12 amThis was my first thought when I saw it. I almost used it as the subject.Thanks for bringing it up !

author: IanMacdonald
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2018, 04:43:07 pm
content: One that amused me was Grammarly's ad on YT that replaced 'really important email' with 'critical email'In other words,scathingmessage.Beware the robot bearing clichés as gifts.-------------Granpappy told my pappy back in my day son,A man had to answer for the wicked that he done.-Toby Keith.

author: edpalmer42
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2018, 05:07:50 pm
content: Quote from: Circlotron on June 28, 2018, 06:32:12 amOr as Western Australian University might say it.....All your think are belong to us.

author: bsudbrink
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2018, 05:39:41 pm
content: Not that I advocate smoking, but this has to be included here:

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 29, 2018, 01:12:46 am
content: Back when Benson & Hedges cigarettes were advertised on TV, an actor ( can't remember his name) said as part of his spiel, that B & H were " extraordinary nice".I have heard other people doing this, & it appears to be an affectation, not because they are ignoramuses.In passing, my late brother described B & H cigarettes as having " Too much Hedge & not enough Benson".

author: Stray Electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 29, 2018, 02:06:15 am
content: Quote from: Cyberdragon on June 28, 2018, 01:37:58 amIt's Mexican Spanish and not Spainish Spainish. Words like Taco have an entirely different meaning.

author: CatalinaWOW
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 29, 2018, 02:38:39 am
content: I am also curious about US Spanish. I know that hispanic populations in the US speak several distinct dialects. Some examples Puerto Rican spanish, Mexican Spanish and Tex-Mex (a spanish english creole). An interesting dialect is the fifteenth century Catalan spoken in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado spoken by descendents of original spanish settlers of the area.Disclaimer: All of this is hearsay related to me by the Spanish teacher who spent several years with modest success teaching me the language.

author: Circlotron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 29, 2018, 05:16:28 am
content: Quote from: vk6zgo on June 29, 2018, 01:12:46 amStuart Wagstaff IIRC.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 29, 2018, 06:05:01 am
content: Quote from: Circlotron on June 29, 2018, 05:16:28 amNo, I was wrong, it wasn't B & H.It was "Martin's cigarettes", & the actor was Frank Thring."Martin's" sunk like a stone on the Oz market, so the brand wasn't at all memorable.To further confuse things, their packet looked like a copy of the B & H one.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 02, 2018, 04:57:25 am
content: Quote from: Cyberdragon on June 28, 2018, 01:37:58 amFormer technical translator here.In website language selectors, often what you’re seeing is actually a combined language and country selector, such that you are simultaneously selecting the user interface languageandthe localized content. For example, you might show only the products sold in that country, and change the contact information in the footers.I currently live in Switzerland. When choosing the local site, many websites offer (among others):FranceGermanySwitzerland - FrenchSwitzerland - GermanThat’s how I would word it. But sometimes they say something like:FrenchGermanSwiss FrenchSwiss GermanOr they just use little flags. (Which can have accessibility issues for users of assistive technology.)As for why Spanish is different: there are many dialects of Spanish. But as far as written Spanish is concerned, one can consider one set of formal grammar. In many cases though, you must also document colloquial usage, which is why you see that spell check dictionaries come in a few variants. Speech recognition and text-to-speech of course must be very dialect specific in order to have a high success rate.