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"Do not turn off your computer" [Grammar Vanity]
1-12-2013 | re_nortex

Posted on 01/12/2013 3:39:35 PM PST by re_nortex

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1 posted on 01/12/2013 3:39:45 PM PST by re_nortex
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Perhaps nonsense up with which Microsoft would not put?


2 posted on 01/12/2013 3:41:26 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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Perhaps nonsense up with which Microsoft would not put?

:-)

Well said, Winston.
3 posted on 01/12/2013 3:42:48 PM PST by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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Well, Microsoft wanted to impact you proactively, otherwise, the company could care less!


4 posted on 01/12/2013 3:43:36 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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I saw nothing wrong with the grammar but then again, I’m a Pittsburgher. B-D


5 posted on 01/12/2013 3:44:52 PM PST by Nowhere Man (Whitey, I miss you so much. Take care, pretty girl. (4-15-2001 - 10-12-2012))
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(shrug) for several years here in Pennsylvania we had automobile license plates that proudly proclaimed, “You’ve Got a Friend In Pennsylvania”.


6 posted on 01/12/2013 3:45:05 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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Indgrish!


7 posted on 01/12/2013 3:47:02 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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A preposition is a bad thing to end a sentence with!!


8 posted on 01/12/2013 3:47:27 PM PST by yeetch! (These are the good old days!)
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Well, Microsoft wanted to impact you proactively, otherwise, the company could care less!

Ballmer and crew should of leveraged a synergistic strategy as they right-sized the staff in Bangalore responsible for crafting the textual strings. At the end of the day...

9 posted on 01/12/2013 3:47:42 PM PST by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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Not that I'm a big fan of MS, but did you consider the audience for the message?

Perhaps they did.

(I still remember the "IN" in "FLAMMABLE" before it had to be dumbed down.)

10 posted on 01/12/2013 3:48:49 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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Because “turn” and “off” have to be together. “Turn your computer off” is incorrect. “Turn off your computer” is correct. Learn English.


11 posted on 01/12/2013 3:52:38 PM PST by Cruising Speed
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I use Microsoft’s (Win 7) own password protected screen saver. When I return and press the ANY key or the mouse, I first see the message “Locking your computer” for 5 seconds before the password prompt appears.


12 posted on 01/12/2013 3:52:48 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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the Unix platforms have never been noted for the precision of their error and informational messages

I just checked this variant of linux.

Yep. "Printer on fire" is still a valid error message for an unknown printer error.

/johnny

13 posted on 01/12/2013 3:54:59 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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I understand your point about grammar, but on another note I learned through bitter experience that if you do turn off your computer when you get that message, it’s format the hard drive and reinstall windows from scratch time.


14 posted on 01/12/2013 3:55:22 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (TYRANNY: When the people fear the politicians. LIBERTY: When the politicians fear the people.)
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Having learned ESL I try to never pass up an opportunity to sharpen my grammar.

Could you explain what's wrong with the MS phrase?

15 posted on 01/12/2013 3:56:08 PM PST by stormhill
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But a true mid-state PA Dutchie would say, “Don’t be making with the computer turning off now. Dontcha ya know”.


16 posted on 01/12/2013 3:57:33 PM PST by MD Expat in PA
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"it’s format the hard drive and reinstall windows linux from scratch time."

There. Fixed it.

/johnny

17 posted on 01/12/2013 3:58:11 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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I think one can argue that “turn on” and “turn off” are familiar phrases, used of radios, TVs, computers, and most other electronic gadgets. Or, for that matter, before radios came on the scene, there was the phrase, “Turn off the lights.”

So, “Do not turn off your computer” seems correct to me.


18 posted on 01/12/2013 3:58:11 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: re_nortex

Grammar nazi’s sucketh


19 posted on 01/12/2013 4:03:02 PM PST by plain talk
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To: stormhill; Cruising Speed
Could you explain what's wrong with the MS phrase?

According to FReeper Cruising Speed, I'm wrong and Microsoft's syntax is correct. Apologies to all for the thread.

20 posted on 01/12/2013 4:04:10 PM PST by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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