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"Winners will be noticed by e-mail"

English translation: "Winners will be notified by e-mail"

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English term or phrase:"Winners will be noticed by e-mail"
Selected answer:"Winners will be notified by e-mail"
Entered by: airmailrpl

12:47 Mar 30, 2007
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Internet, e-Commerce / British English
English term or phrase: "Winners will be noticed by e-mail"
This appears on a Hong-Kong site that was translated from Chinese to UK English. As far as I know, it should be "notified", but I´d like to consult with you dear colleagues before I make the change.
George Rabel
Local time: 06:16
"Winners will be notified by e-mail"
Explanation:
Results 1 - 10 of about 34,700 for "Winners will be notified by e-mail".
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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 07:16
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +16"Winners will be notified by e-mail"
airmailrpl


Discussion entries: 6





  

Answers


18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +16
"winners will be noticed by e-mail"
"Winners will be notified by e-mail"


Explanation:
Results 1 - 10 of about 34,700 for "Winners will be notified by e-mail".

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 07:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Buck: with the personal note that just because something returns hits on google (or any other search engine) does not make it correct
2 mins
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agree  writeaway: For heaven's sake-noticed is just plain DUMB INCORRECT English. notified is used by all versions of English.
27 mins
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agree  Elena Aleksandrova
28 mins
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agree  Roman Bardachev
28 mins
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agree  silvia b (X)
52 mins
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agree  PB Trans
57 mins
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agree  Can Altinbay: Yes, Google results have to be examined before they are trusted.
1 hr
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agree  Mikhail Kropotov: Perhaps it got changed upon review by someone who thought they knew better than the native speaker?
1 hr
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agree  Alison Jenner
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agree  Dave Calderhead
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agree  Marcelina Haftka
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agree  Sophia Finos (X)
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agree  ErichEko ⟹⭐
13 hrs
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agree  kironne
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agree  Pham Huu Phuoc
19 hrs
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agree  GaryG
1 day 5 hrs
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