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Thu 21 Feb, 2013 03:53 am
Hi! A friend insists that "GET NOW" is grammatically correct (imperative form or something). I think since "get" is a transitive verb it would absolutely require the object.
Is "GET NOW" bad form, bad grammar, neither or both?
Context is a call to action on a website button. "50% off! 15 for 0.99. GET NOW"
Thanks in advance!
A native speaker would write "Get it (or them) now!". If I saw "GET NOW!" I would think a foreigner or an illiterate person had written it.
So much online marketing is done from India or China these days, that my opinion is that you'd be correct to assume that a foreigner had written it.
@MrShade,
At the very least it's bad form.
@ehBeth,
Buy now (Pay later) is commonly used. Bye now.
Sounds like something you might say to an intrusive dog. "Get", meaning go away. " Get Now" just adds emphasis.
Maybe not, depending on a context that we don't have.
In an advertisement, an abrupt order in bad English such as "GET NOW!" is more likely to dissuade me than to persuade.
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