So, you're going through some computer-based training (or i-learning as these things have to be called now) for a new accounting system, and the help box says:
"Type the first line of the address, e.g. 1ST FLOOR, CONEYBEARE HOUSE"
What do you take that to mean?
a) That you need to type 1ST FLOOR, CONEYBEARE HOUSE exactly as it appears, and nothing else, in order to pass the test
b) That you need to type in the first line of an address, and that the system has helpfully suggested what that might look like
?
Well the answer is (a).
I had a bit of a row about this yesterday at work. But in the end, it was blamed on the software being from the US.
USians don't really use "e.g." in that way, as a matter of course, do they/you?
"Type the first line of the address, e.g. 1ST FLOOR, CONEYBEARE HOUSE"
What do you take that to mean?
a) That you need to type 1ST FLOOR, CONEYBEARE HOUSE exactly as it appears, and nothing else, in order to pass the test
b) That you need to type in the first line of an address, and that the system has helpfully suggested what that might look like
?
Well the answer is (a).
I had a bit of a row about this yesterday at work. But in the end, it was blamed on the software being from the US.
USians don't really use "e.g." in that way, as a matter of course, do they/you?
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