Why do people refer to an iPhone as a proper noun?

[jpeg42]

Like I said. It isn't hard and fast. They used to be a lot more strict about it when it came to (the) Macintosh. These days they hammer it more when it comes to (the) iPhone and not as much with iMacs and MacPros. They even get loose with the iPad. Ultimately they seem to stick to it more when it relates to the products they most want to personalize. To that extent look for this convention to be used with Apple Watch big time.

Yeah, makes sense for sure. I thought this thread was dumb at first, but i learned something.

 

[KUguardgrl13]

English is probably the simplest language when it comes to grammar.

try german or many other languages that have genders and cases and not just simply "the". I am born german and the use of "der, die, das" for "the" Still makes no sense to me lol. I just "do it" cuz otherwise it sounds wrong. my cousins husband is American and he's been learning german slowly for years and just when he thinks he got the der die das right he messes up. I am like "nope that's wrong and should be "die". he's like BUT WHYYYYYY?!?

it's funny

Depends on what part of grammar. English punctuation rules? I'm convinced they were created by old, retired English teachers with a strong desire to break high school freshmen (looking at you, MLA handbook). Meanwhile the only difference with "the" is the pronunciation before a vowel or consonant.

Personally I don't have too much trouble with gender rules, but I took French in high school. Le or la. In some cases l' with a noun that begins with a vowel. I just laugh at my friends who pronounce the French soccer/football league as "League (Oon)". Definitely un not une. And they say I'm wrong. Apparently 4 1/2 years of French didnt count for anything

 

[Tsuchiya]

Doesn't this stem from how Apple reference their products?

It's never "the new iPod can now pay video!", it's "iPod can now play video!" for example.

 

[ABC5S]

Wow ! Just wow ! Talking about third world problems. This thread should have been tossed in the waste bin from the get go..