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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Problem/issue

Hello,
"Please, follow my instructions. If you still have an issue/problem, please let me know."
Where "an issue" = any issue

"Please, follow my instructions. If you still have the issue/problem, please let me know."
Where "the" = the one I am trying to help you with

thusly, either is correct?
  

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Anonymous either is correct? If you use 'problem', yes. The use of 'issue' when you just mean 'problem' is a neologism that I particularly detest.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous either is correct?
  • If you use 'problem', yes.
  • The use of 'issue' when you just mean 'problem' is a neologism that I particularly detest.
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Anonymouseither is correct?
If you use 'problem', yes. The use of 'issue' when you just mean 'problem' is a neologism that I particularly detest.
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Thank you MM, but why do you detest? I hear it all the time. "We have an issue doing . . . bla bla bla". Is it wrong?
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Anonymous I hear it all the time.
It's a neologism. When young people "invent" new ways of using words (where invention is not necessary) and it goes viral with their peers, they have created a linguistic fad. People with a good command of the language tend to look on linguistic fads with contempt.
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AlpheccaStarsIt's a neologism. When young people "invent" new ways of using words (where invention is not necessary) and it goes viral with their peers, they have created a linguistic fad. People with a good command of the language tend to look on linguistic fads with contempt.
I understand, thank you. I just thought it was very standard (in the corporate worl
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Help desk and call center workers are usually young people. They are the ones that use the word "issues" to describe what they deal with every day.
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