Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: folks, people, persons, race

"Ubuntu installations seem to be going smoothly for folks"
 
Qui devo usare per forza folks, o vanno vene anche gli altri sinonimi?
C'č una regola da seguire?
 
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In questo frangente che le installazioni con Ubuntu sono filate lisce per 
qualsiasi persona.
Ma vorrei sapere se ci sono regole in genere.
 
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 per qualsiasi persona.
 
I'd probably say: "Ubuntu installations seem to be going smoothly for 
anybody".
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 anybody".
 
Però così capirei che Ubuntu funziona bene, mentre la frase di Arkannen 
la interpreto riferirsi alle procedure di installazione. 
Quindi propongo
"Ubuntu installation procedure went smooth ..."

 
 
"Arkannen"  wrote in message news:kgna4s$87u$1...@speranza.aioe.org...
 
"Ubuntu installations seem to be going smoothly for folks"
 
Qui devo usare per forza folks, o vanno vene anche gli altri sinonimi?
C'� una regola da seguire?
 
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'folks' isn't right here. 'Folk' is a tricky word - it's a plural noun 
(='people in general') , though it is also used in the plural form (folks)- 
question of usage , not rules. ''... seem to be going smoothly for most 
folk' would be correct , but obviously alters the meaning ; you mean it's ok 
for everyone , so why not just say '... seems to be going smoothly for 
everyone' ?
 
You couldn't replace 'folks' by 'people' etc. either ; though if you recast 
the sentence you could begin with 'people' (or indeed 'folk') e.g 'People 
seem to have no problems with ubuntu installations' , 'Folk seem to find 
ubuntu installations straightforward' etc.
 
Mike 
 

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I don't take issue with what was said here, but I would add that the use 
of "folks" in this context has become common in the US. It may have 
wormed its way into the American consciousness by fault of George Bush 
who used the term as a way to make the rich oil man appear to be instead 
a common man. As a political manipulation, it was effective enough for 
Barack Obama to begin using the term as well.
 
This article in the Huffington post might be of interest to some... people.
 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zoe-triska/obamas-favorite-word_b_1987111.html
 

 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zoe-triska/obamas-favorite-word_b_1987111.html
 
 
This article is really very interesting.
 
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Ehm! Sentences don't pilot. I think.
 
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There is nothing inherently wrong with your response besides the missing 
article, the capitalization, and the spelling. You can use the 
possessive with an object, such as the "sentence" and refer to the 
author. But, to write in a clear way, you might have said, "the author 
of the sentence is an American fighter pilot.