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  1. 04-Sep-2012, 15:23 #1
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    Default A business name

    A student of mine wants to start a business and wants to call it SOME2BUY. I told him it is ungrammatical. My question is, how would a native speaker react to such a name? Thanks.
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    Default Re: A business name

    Quote Originally Posted by lucycamer View Post
    A student of mine wants to start a business and wants to call it SOME2BUY. I told him it is ungrammatical. My question is, how would a native speaker react to such a name? Thanks.
    It depends what the business is.
    Context is important. Please provide enough for us to be able to deal effectively with your question.
    Your thread title should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.
    If you just want to know the meaning of a word, try OneLook Dictionary Search first.

  3. 04-Sep-2012, 15:29 #3
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    Default Re: A business name

    "Some what?" would be the immediate question.
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    Default Re: A business name

    It sounds like a dollar store of some kind. It seems like it would attract the new generation only.
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