Re:LIDL cancels SAP introduction after spending 500M Euro
by 394549 on Monday July 16, 2018 @02:36PM
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> Kill cords are a thing (on powerboats, particularly) and the original metaphor is fine.
The expression "pulling the plug" is idiomatic English (at least in the North American variety). "Pulled the kill chord" may be an accurate metaphor, but the audience is far less likely to be familiar with the reference.
Re:LIDL cancels SAP introduction after spending 500M Euro
by 762236 on Monday July 16, 2018 @03:25PM
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It's not about being correct. It has to sound good to the audience too, which guides you to choose one of multiple correct ways to phrase something.
Re:LIDL cancels SAP introduction after spending 500M Euro
by sjwright on Monday July 16, 2018 @08:39PM
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Which is good advice if the audience is exclusively American and fears difference, diversity or the unexpected. Other than cord/chord (which my brain quickly dismissed as a typo) the original post sounds completely fine to me.
> pulled the plug
Kill cords are a thing (on powerboats, particularly) and the original metaphor is fine.
> > For years, Lidl is expanding operations.
> For years, Lidl has expanded operations.
'For years, Lidl has been expanding operations'. Past continuous tense is better if the expansion's still going on.
> > high-turnover countries
> high-volume or high-revenue
High-turnover is completely correct, at least in British English.