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Post by chonies on Oct 22, 2013 19:53:22 GMT -4
Of the two options, I prefer 'few' since it complies with the idea of it being a counted quantity.
Unasked opinion: I would suggest a slight rephrasing to indicate nearness of time rather than quantity. "We can have you up and running within four weeks" or "Launch time can be as soon as four weeks," or whatever works.
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Post by batmom on Oct 23, 2013 17:10:24 GMT -4
Thanks Chonies. I wonder if we can make "...as soon as four weeks" work. We're offering packages that start at 4 weeks, but can go to 6, 8, or more depending on the options.
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Post by smitten on Oct 23, 2013 18:07:59 GMT -4
Batmom, are you talking marketing text? Sometimes that follows different rules than real grammar. As a marketer, I would actually recommend "as little as" especially if 4 weeks is the smallest time you're looking at. You want to stress the absolute least amount of time if you want to use time to make sales.
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Post by batmom on Oct 24, 2013 18:59:53 GMT -4
Batmom, are you talking marketing text? Sometimes that follows different rules than real grammar. As a marketer, I would actually recommend "as little as" especially if 4 weeks is the smallest time you're looking at. You want to stress the absolute least amount of time if you want to use time to make sales. It is indeed marketing. Four weeks is our lowest end and we want do want to stress that.
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Post by Mugsy on Oct 24, 2013 22:48:17 GMT -4
The comma in those examples up thread is wrong, wrong, wrong. A comma separates for clarity or to indicate a pause. There is no need to pause, in fact it sounds odd to say, "Do you want fries, or biscuits?"
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Post by Ginger on Jan 1, 2014 11:13:27 GMT -4
I didn't know which thread to put this in, but the New York Times had a great 25 question quiz about pronunciation & word choice that will reveal where you are from. It was totally correct for me (Washington DC/Baltimore) and totally correct for my Dad (Boston/Worcester). Some of the questions are things we've discussed here before - like how some of us pronounce "Mary" "Merry" and "Marry" differently and some of us don't. The questions aren't all the same every time, so it's fun to take it more than once too.
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Post by bklynred on Jan 1, 2014 11:19:08 GMT -4
Mine came up NY/Yonkers/DC. I assume DC factors in my southern stuff like y'all, devil beating his wife, etc. Yonkers may be based on a set of answers about suburbs specifically. I love that quiz and some of the stuff I had never heard of, which made me a little sad (I want to know everything like an evil genius!).
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Post by ratscabies on Jan 1, 2014 11:50:05 GMT -4
Mine came up Fort Wayne, but my part of Ohio was even darker red (most similar).
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Post by Gigiree on Jan 1, 2014 19:10:24 GMT -4
Mine came up Omaha, NE, which is spot on, as I grew up directly across the Missouri river in Council Bluffs, IA. Totally cool, and I plan to use it with my students next term in Public Speaking when we do our unit on verbal communication. Thanks!
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Post by Ripley on Jan 1, 2014 20:23:51 GMT -4
Interesting. The first time I took this quiz, I got three cities in three states I've never lived in. Taking it just now, it came up with Detroit and Grand Rapids and Spokane (WTF?). I've lived in MI for all but four years of my life.
I'm wondering what different answers I made this time to get the "correct" answer.
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