Sunday, 21 June 2015

The Wrong Word Entirely, # 81

There are various mangles and oddities in this extract from an email sent in May by eBay, including some missing articles and some illogical verb tenses. The key issue is the word ‘language’, which is used rather strangely throughout. The last two paragraphs in particular seem to require something more specific, such as ‘terminology’ or ‘terms‘:

additional language, new language &c; missing articles; incorrect verb tenses

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