Re: SORBS on autopilot?

[Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon () cox net>]

On 1/15/2010 10:26 AM, William Hamilton wrote:
> On 15/01/2010 16:14, William Herrin wrote:
> > > Is it bad English? Is it not clear?
> > No, it is not clear.
>
> It's perfectly clear.
>
> > > Can anyone else give better wording
> > > that might result in less of an issue?
> >
> > "Please reply to this message to reopen your ticket and escalate your
> > case to a live human being."
>
> You:
>
> "Please reply to this message to reopen your ticket and escalate your
> case to a live human being."
>
> And now SORBS:
>
> "If you feel otherwise, please reply to this message
> to re-open your ticket."
>
> Try as I might I really can't see what is not clear here...

Standard English vs. British English vs. Northeast U.S. English, vs. 
Geek vs. ...?

Second seems more logical to me (allowing for a moment that some thing 
about this whole subject is "logical".

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