You, sir, need an English lesson:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/your
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/my
Words like "my" and "your" are called adjectives.
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You, sir, need an English lesson:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/your
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/my
Words like "my" and "your" are called adjectives.
To look at this in Star Trek terms (because why wouldn't you?) I would say this is most analogous to the difference between the USS Enterprise and the USS Voyager.
The Enterprise was treated as a common noun while Voyager got proper noun status. For example, this is how you'd talk in an episode of the show:
"Tomorrow the Enterprise will transfer 25 officers to Voyager."
But you would NOT say:
"Tomorrow Enterprise will transfer 25 officers to the Voyager."
Why the difference? Well, it just sounds better. Is one of these wrong? No, they're both ok, it's just we're used to it one way. But if the writers wanted to switch it around, you could still say that they're right.
So Apple has decided Macs are common nouns and iOS devices are proper nouns. Just like with Star Trek writers it's their right to do that. It's not wrong. (Or do you argue that saying "Let's get back to Voyager" is incorrect?)
You're right that you found a mistake in the iPad section, but one mistake is hardly worth starting a whole thread over.
I reject your notion that iOS devices can't be proper nouns. Voyager was, so why not iPhone?
You, sir, need an English lesson:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/your
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/my
Words like "my" and "your" are called adjectives.
You, sir, need an English lesson:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/your
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/my
Words like "my" and "your" are called adjectives.
Doesn't anyone at Apple grammar check?
So I'm browsing the Apple website from a link in another thread on here. I'm looking at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3226 where it is talking about how to clean Apple products.
If we look at the section for the iPhones:
Now, if we compare that to the section for the iPads:
And then also look at the section for iMacs:
Notice that Apple butchers the grammar in the section for the iDevices where it inconsistently references iPhone without a "the" or "your" before it. In the iMac section, a reference to an iMac is preceded by "your" and is grammatically correct.
For example, from above, the iPhone section uses "Clean iPhone immediately if it comes into contact" when it should actually say "Clean your iPhone immediately if it comes into contact". And also, where it says "To clean iPhone, unplug all cables", it should actually say "To clean your iPhone, unplug all cables".
The iPad section is mixed. In the first sentence, it correctly uses "Handle your iPad with care" but then in the next sentence it incorrectly goes "To clean iPad, unplug all cables" when it should say "To clean your iPad, unplug all cables". There are numerous mistakes like this throughout Apple's website.
This butchering of grammar also happens in Apple ads, such as at the main page for the iPhone at http://www.apple.com/ca/iphone/. Every time I hear or see something from Apple that forget adjectives, it drives me crazy because it is so obvious that they don't use correct English. It makes me think their writers are not literate. It is not "The biggest thing to happen to iPhone since iPhone." That is so plain grammatically incorrect, you would have failed English school. It should actually say "The biggest thing to happen to the iPhone since the iPhone."
Doesn't anyone at Apple grammar check?
For examples of bad grammar, spelling etc, threads on this forum are a good starting place
So I'm browsing the Apple website from a link in another thread on here. I'm looking at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3226 where it is talking about how to clean Apple products.
If we look at the section for the iPhones:
Now, if we compare that to the section for the iPads:
And then also look at the section for iMacs:
Notice that Apple butchers the grammar in the section for the iDevices where it inconsistently references iPhone without a "the" or "your" before it. In the iMac section, a reference to an iMac is preceded by "your" and is grammatically correct.
For example, from above, the iPhone section uses "Clean iPhone immediately if it comes into contact" when it should actually say "Clean your iPhone immediately if it comes into contact". And also, where it says "To clean iPhone, unplug all cables", it should actually say "To clean your iPhone, unplug all cables".
The iPad section is mixed. In the first sentence, it correctly uses "Handle your iPad with care" but then in the next sentence it incorrectly goes "To clean iPad, unplug all cables" when it should say "To clean your iPad, unplug all cables". There are numerous mistakes like this throughout Apple's website.
This butchering of grammar also happens in Apple ads, such as at the main page for the iPhone at http://www.apple.com/ca/iphone/. Every time I hear or see something from Apple that forget adjectives, it drives me crazy because it is so obvious that they don't use correct English. It makes me think their writers are not literate. It is not "The biggest thing to happen to iPhone since iPhone." That is so plain grammatically incorrect, you would have failed English school. It should actually say "The biggest thing to happen to the iPhone since the iPhone."
Doesn't anyone at Apple grammar check?
This makes more sense than what other's here have been posting. For somethings you should use adjectives and for some things it may not be necessary. I stand by my assertion that it is necessary for the iPhone because it is awkward to write "Clean iPhone with a soft cloth" instead of "Clean your iPhone with a soft cloth" or "Clean the iPhone with a soft cloth".