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This isn't really a bug as such, just a grammatical error...

When you have contacts on desktop and right click, there is an option that says:


Now, in my books, that doesn't make grammatical sense whatsoever, surely it should be:

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Originally posted by woo
Start A conversation..

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Well if that comes up when you select a certain contact it's right.

no cause its like saying, I'm going over there to start a chat, thats not correct, it would be, I'm going over there to chat... not start a chat, if you're starting it, you're starting a conversation, surely?

he's right, it should be Chat with contact, or start a conversation with contact

The word chat can be used as a noun. I don't see a problem with the current description.

basically

start a chat with someone, you generally have a chat with someone, and you can start to chat with someone, but to say 'start a chat' wouldn't make grammatical sence, whereas, start a conversation, would make sense.

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Originally posted by traxor
to say 'start a chat' wouldn't make grammatical sence

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Yes it would. In that sentence the word 'chat' is used as a noun. This is an acceptable use of the word chat. Chat can be used as a synonym for conversation.

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Originally posted by Tochjo
The word chat can be used as a noun. I don't see a problem with the current description.

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Actually what traxor and saralk said are rite.
This is the exact option. I mean one of these should be present.

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Originally posted by saralk
he's right, it should be Chat with contact, or start a conversation with contact

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Originally posted by Tochjo
This is an acceptable use of the word chat. Chat can be used as a synonym for conversation.

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Thats grammatically incorrect !!

English is not my native language, but nonetheless I'm quite sure the current phrase is correct. Please explain in further detail why it would be wrong

its a random quirk of the language. No language follows rules exactly, there is always something that happens that no-one can explain. of the top of my head, in French some adjectives follow the noun, and others precede the noun, however there is no justification for it.