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Guest Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
A recorded message from computer support
I'm not a grammar whiz, but I cringe when I hear the following recorded message: " Thank you for your patience, we'll be with you just as soon as we can." I believe there's something wrong with that sentence, but I don't know what it is. Can somebody explain the grammatical problem with that message?
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Sorry, I can find nothing grammatically wrong with it. What part bothers you?
- Sorry, I can find nothing grammatically wrong with it.
- What part bothers you?
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Sorry, I can find nothing grammatically wrong with it.
What part bothers you?
What part bothers you?
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Hello Guest
Maybe it's the content, rather than the grammar. If you're on hold on an IT hotline, the likelihood is that you're seething with impatience and frustration anyway, after several instructions to press #, all of which take you down blind alleys from which you can never return; at which point the message chips in with 'thank you for your patience!'.
But at least the m
Maybe it's the content, rather than the grammar. If you're on hold on an IT hotline, the likelihood is that you're seething with impatience and frustration anyway, after several instructions to press #, all of which take you down blind alleys from which you can never return; at which point the message chips in with 'thank you for your patience!'.
But at least the m
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