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Pretty sad, especially for a company like Apple. Read toward the end of the line.
 

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I admit it doesn't sound right but aren't you supposed to always us "an" before a word that begins with a vowel?
 
Anyone noticed this typo in OS X Lion?!

Apple's quality control is getting so much worse!

"...all arranged in an unified view."
 

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It's grammatically correct. Placing an "an" before a vowel is correct by modern language standards. Doesn't sound good when spoken, but it's textbook. Probably the work of autospell or grammar checker in MS Word.
 
norrismantooth said:
It's grammatically correct. Placing an "an" before a vowel is correct by modern language standards. Doesn't sound good when spoken, but it's textbook. Probably the work of autospell or grammar checker in MS Word.
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not true (although i am referring to uk english here)

its grammatically correct to place "an" before a vowel if the vowel word has the vowel sound at the start

an apple (you pronoune the a for apple)
a unified (you pronounce it more of a y younified so if becomes a instead of an)
 
miles01110 said:
Given the thread title I find it a bit humorous that this is a thread criticizing grammar.
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Oh. How should I have written the title?

Apart from starting the sentence with 'has'.

And maybe writing 'typographical error' rather than typo.


paulsalter said:
not true (although i am referring to uk english here)

its grammatically correct to place "an" before a vowel if the vowel word has the vowel sound at the start

an apple (you pronoune the a for apple)
a unified (you pronounce it more of a y younified so if becomes a instead of an)
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This is exactly what I believe - and I don't think American English is any different. I don't think Yanks say "Look! An UFO!"
 
TNTN said:
This is exactly what I believe - and I don't think American English is any different. I don't think Yanks say "Look! An UFO!"
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I just put that there to partly cover myself incase of differences :)

just like the saying

could care less
couldn't care less

in uk english they have different meanings, in US they seem to mean the same thing :confused:
 
paulsalter said:
I just put that there to partly cover myself incase of differences :)

just like the saying

could care less
couldn't care less

in uk english they have different meanings, in US they seem to mean the same thing :confused:
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Just because people say it wrong dons't make them mean the same thing.

can care is not the same as can NOT care.

i-could-care-less.JPG
 
Hellhammer said:
It is actually correct, since there is a "j".

unify - /ˈjuːnɪfʌɪ/

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/unify
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You are wrong. It's a typo, simple and easy.

There is no "j" at the start of the word, that is the 'j of the phonetic alphabet, it is pronounced as a soft closed "y" ( y = <wh>, 'ju/'yu = <you>), therefore pronouncing you-nee-fi, or correctly spelt as ˈjuːnɪfʌɪ.

A unified interface. ✓
A UFO. ✓

Now is a great opportunity for us using Lion to double tap with three fingers and get the dictionary definition. The built in dictionary also provides an alternative phonetic spelling: ˈyo͞onəˌfī, which is slightly easier to understand.
 
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