Someone on this list had a nice tagline "Don't anthropomorphize computers,
they hate that"
Jez
On 26 May 2011 12:38, Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >> Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >> My latest bugbear is the treatment of collective nouns as plural,
> > e.g.
> > >> the Cabinet are deciding.
> > >
> > > So we can relax a bit with apostrophe's for now ?
> > >
> > > ...Wayne
>
> I detest the personification of non-human entities - eg (I'm not recalling
> the
> worst examples, but they go somewhat like this).
>
> XYZ Co Ltd will recall some of their products - instead of "recall some of
> its
> products".
>
> or "government will change their plans" instead of "change its plans".
>
> I still have not been able to recall the exact wording that most gets up my
> nose.
>
> Brian Swale.
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