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Launcher MOTD: "Grace period HAS ended"

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
not "grace period HAVE ended"

since thousands of players see it every day, lets try and keep our public face looking professional and literate please

edit*
apparently people cant read my brand of english

the MOTD currently says "the grace period for pre-orders have ended"

it should say "the grace period for pre-orders HAS ended."

how did you folks posting replies get that backwards?
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    swag-nyc wrote: »
    not "grace period HAVE ended"

    since thousands of players see it every day, lets try and keep our public face looking professional and literate please

    "Has" Singular
    "Have" Plural

    It is has as the sentence does not go "The grace periods have ended". Therefore it is "The grace period has ended".
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Can people without an active subscription even see the launcher messages?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    "Grace period has ended" is actually absolutely correct.....

    If it said "grace periods has ended" then you'd be right.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I can has grace period?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    silly people, learn to read

    it currently says "the grace period have ended"
    I'm saying it should say "the grace period HAS ended"

    quote from the MOTD

    "the grace period for pre-prder customers have ended"
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I can haz grace periodz cheezburgerz plz.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    swag-nyc wrote: »
    not "grace period HAVE ended"

    since thousands of players see it every day, lets try and keep our public face looking professional and literate please

    Um that's sense.. not since son.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    cjboillot wrote: »
    Um that's sense.. not since son.

    reading is fundemental
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    cjboillot wrote: »
    Um that's sense.. not since son.


    "since" we are being anal about all this, "sense" is a term used to describe smell, touch, taste, etc.....son...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    cjboillot wrote: »
    Um that's sense.. not since son.
    Ill-educated troll is ill-educated.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    in truth it should read the grace period`s have ended as there was more than one date.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Balvin wrote:
    in truth it should read the grace period`s have ended as there was more than one date.

    the grace period's what have ended?

    The grammar comprehension in this post is comical.

    you want to add a possessive apostrophe to the sentence why?

    This one is even more laughable then the 'sense/since' guy.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    swag-nyc wrote: »
    not "grace period HAVE ended"

    since thousands of players see it every day, lets try and keep our public face looking professional and literate please

    edit*
    apparently people cant read my brand of english

    the MOTD currently says "the grace period for pre-orders have ended"

    it should say "the grace period for pre-orders HAS ended."

    how did you folks posting replies get that backwards?

    Oh, the irony, when grammar police can not police their own posts. If you're going to criticize other peoples' writing you might try learning how to use punctuation and proper capitalization.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    weissbrot wrote: »
    Can people without an active subscription even see the launcher messages?

    Yes, they can. You can patch and logon, but just not get to the character selection screen. I did this as a test before I entered my retail key after FINALLY getting the game in the mail from Amazon.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    swag-nyc wrote: »
    reading is fundemental

    An so is writing. Going back and changing what you originally put then telling everyone to learn to read is asking for trouble.

    I answered your post off of what you typed. I do not have access to the launcher from work, so was going off your word. Guess I've learned my lesson.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Sythian wrote: »

    I answered your post off of what you typed.

    I despise this phrase more than anything. Living in London for 15 years after coming from the North was a nightmare, listening to illiterate demagogues using the phrase "off of" when they clearly meant to use the word "from"
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Sythian wrote: »
    An so is writing. Going back and changing what you originally put then telling everyone to learn to read is asking for trouble.

    I answered your post off of what you typed. I do not have access to the launcher from work, so was going off your word. Guess I've learned my lesson.


    I didn't change it, i added the lower portion starting with the word edit*

    you are the worst troll I've ever seen

    I'll admit my topic wasn't the clearest, but seriously, its not my fault you people don't get it
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    swag-nyc wrote: »
    I didn't change it, i added the lower portion starting with the word edit*

    you are the worst troll I've ever seen

    I'll admit my topic wasn't the clearest, but seriously, its not my fault you people don't get it

    yes it is............
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