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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007Which one of these is proper English?
Im building a site where I offer users to signup for a news letter. English is not my first language, so I need some advice which one of the bellow is right? Sign up to our news letter to receive latest headlines about new products, services, software, and technology. We are 100% spam free, and you can unsubscribe anytime. Sign up to our news letter to receive latest headlines about new products, services, software, and technology. We are 100% spam free, and you can unsubscribe at anytime. > Im building a site where I offer users to signup for a news letter. English > is not my first language, so I need some advice which one of the bellow is [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > services, software, and technology. We are 100% spam free, and you can > unsubscribe at anytime. 1. Preposition: we do not sign up TO something, we sign up FOR something. 2. Word: English has no word ANYTIME. We use the phrases ANY TIME and AT ANY TIME indifferently. But presenting a web page in perfect English can by itself create excessive expectations, if your English is in fact less than perfect. It may be prudent to leave your text as you first drafted it.  SignatureDon Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) > 1. Preposition: we do not sign up TO something, > we sign up FOR something. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > less than perfect. It may be prudent to leave your text as > you first drafted it. How's this? Sign up to our news letter to receive latest headlines about new products, services, software, and technology. We are 100% spam free, and you can unsubscribe at any time. >> 1. Preposition: we do not sign up TO something, >> we sign up FOR something. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >services, software, and technology. We are 100% spam free, and you can >unsubscribe at any time. While "news letter" is not incorrect, "newsletter" is the commonly used term. We sign up "to receive" a newsletter, or we sign up "for" a newsletter. SignatureTony Cooper Orlando, FL > >> 1. Preposition: we do not sign up TO something, > >> we sign up FOR something. The phrase "sign up to", (as a variant of "sign up for") meaning "subscribe to" (physically or metaphorically) is not unknown, even if it is frowned upon by purists. "I'm not signing up to that", meaning "I'm not associating my name with those views" is quite common in the UK. >> 1. Preposition: we do not sign up TO something, >> we sign up FOR something. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > products, services, software, and technology. We are 100% spam free, > and you can unsubscribe at any time. Does the newsletter (one word) provide only headlines? Is there no further information? That does not seem to be right. SignatureSkitt Like you say... a idea what unclips every blind flask of unspired geraniums what ever I is had. --Churchy La Femme Don Phillipson wrote, in part: > 2. Word: English has no word ANYTIME. We use > the phrases ANY TIME and AT ANY TIME indifferently. Just for the record: From Merriam-Webster Online (an American dictionary): anytime One entry found for anytime. Main Entry: any·time Pronunciation: 'e-nE-"tIm Function: adverb : at any time whatever (That's the total entry.) SignatureMaria http://www.familyhomefront.net/ AUE: http://www.familyhomefront.net/BirthdaysEtcAUE.html OR: http://tinyurl.com/j4j8n There's only one 'n' in my email address, and it's not in my first name. (The email address I use in this newsgroup is munged.) > Don Phillipson wrote, in part: > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > (That's the total entry.) Yabbut, if "anytime" equals "at any time whatever," then "at anytime" equals "at at any time whatever." That ain't right, Toots. Or, if you prefer, the object of a preposition isn't an adverb. But fear not -- you're on record. SignatureBob Lieblich Posting in his barefeet >> Don Phillipson wrote, in part: >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> Function: adverb >> at any time whatever* >> (That's the total entry.) *attribution [was >>>] corrected; my error originally. I have no idea how I did that. > Yabbut, if "anytime" equals "at any time whatever," then "at anytime" > equals "at at any time whatever." That ain't right, Toots. > > Or, if you prefer, the object of a preposition isn't an adverb. But "at any time whatever" is the definition for "anytime," not for "at anytime." Plus, I would not say or write "at anytime"; I'd say or write "at any time." > But fear not -- you're on record. Yes. Isn't Usenet marvelous? SignatureMaria http://www.familyhomefront.net/ AUE: http://www.familyhomefront.net/BirthdaysEtcAUE.html OR: http://tinyurl.com/j4j8n There's only one 'n' in my email address, and it's not in my first name. (The email address I use in this newsgroup is munged.) >> Im building a site where I offer users to signup for a news >> letter. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > 2. Word: English has no word ANYTIME. We use > the phrases ANY TIME and AT ANY TIME indifferently. American English has had "anytime" since the late 1700's. The first definition in my Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary is "at any time; regardless of hour, date, etc.; whenever". So in Yankland, "at anytime" would not be correct, but "anytime" would be. > But presenting a web page in perfect English can by > itself create excessive expectations, if your English is in fact > less than perfect. It may be prudent to leave your text as > you first drafted it. Prudent indeed. Signaturerzed > Im building a site where I offer users to signup for a news letter. English > is not my first language, so I need some advice which one of the bellow is [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > services, software, and technology. We are 100% spam free, and you can > unsubscribe at anytime. the latest headlines. > Im building a site where I offer users to signup for a news letter. English > is not my first language, so I need some advice which one of the bellow is [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > services, software, and technology. We are 100% spam free, and you can > unsubscribe at anytime. "newsletter" is generally one word. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > Im building a site where I offer users to signup for a news letter. > English is not my first language, so I need some advice which one of > the bellow is right? > Sign up to our news letter to receive latest headlines about new > products, services, software, and technology. We are 100% spam free, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > products, services, software, and technology. We are 100% spam free, > and you can unsubscribe at anytime. Neither is entirely satisfactory. Try this: Sign up for our newsletter to receive the latest headlines about new products, services, software, and technology. We are 100% spam free and you can unsubscribe at any time. -- >> Im building a site where I offer users to signup for a news letter. >> English is not my first language, so I need some advice which one of [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > products, services, software, and technology. We are 100% spam free > and you can unsubscribe at any time. Yeah, but I would want more than just some headlines. I would also put the comma back after the "free". SignatureSkitt (in Hayward, California) http://www.geocities.com/opus731/ >>> Im building a site where I offer users to signup for a news >>> letter. English is not my first language, so I need some advice >>> which one of the bellow is right? >>> Sign up to our news letter to receive latest headlines about new >>> products, services, software, and technology. We are 100% spam >>> free, and you can unsubscribe anytime. >>> Sign up to our news letter to receive latest headlines about new >>> products, services, software, and technology. We are 100% spam >>> free, and you can unsubscribe at anytime. >> Neither is entirely satisfactory. Try this: >> Sign up for our newsletter to receive the latest headlines about >> new products, services, software, and technology. We are 100% spam >> free and you can unsubscribe at any time. > Yeah, but I would want more than just some headlines. Well, I wanted to get the easy stuff fixed up first. > I would also put the comma back after the "free". OK. I can live with it either way. -- |
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