silly.questions Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 "By continuing to use our site, you agree to our _____ of cookies". Thanks for your help! Oh and a better word for use in "use our site" as I do not want repeat myself? (English is not my native language. Thank you again for your help!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRB Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 How about By continuing to browse our site you agree to our use of cookies. P.S. Your English appears to be better than some of our natives 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold_Lane Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, silly.questions said: "By continuing to use our site, you agree to our _____ of cookies". Thanks for your help! Oh and a better word for use in "use our site" as I do not want repeat myself? (English is not my native language. Thank you again for your help!) It can be tricky for Natives too! I would say ‘use’ as ‘usage’ is a noun and you need a verb there. The ‘Terms of Use’ visible on here at the bottom of the homepage are a good reference. Repetition is ok. It’s only clarity you want. Edited June 5, 2020 by Arnold_Lane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silly.questions Posted June 5, 2020 Author Share Posted June 5, 2020 @RJRB and @Arnold_Lane thank you for the quick responses! This helps a lot (nice to know repetition is OK, and I had to think for a minute about usage being a noun but it sure is!) Browse is also a lovely word I have seen sometimes but never thought to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branyy Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 38 minutes ago, Arnold_Lane said: It can be tricky for Natives too! I would say ‘use’ as ‘usage’ is a noun and you need a verb there. The ‘Terms of Use’ visible on here at the bottom of the homepage are a good reference. Repetition is ok. It’s only clarity you want. Wait, is "use" in the sentence "you agree to our use of cookies" really a verb? I'd say that you need a noun there, especially after "our". (Sorry, not a native speaker either ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold_Lane Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, Branyy said: Wait, is "use" in the sentence "you agree to our use of cookies" really a verb? I'd say that you need a noun there, especially after "our". (Sorry, not a native speaker either ). ‘You agree‘ is a clause. ‘To’ is a preposition’ ‘Our use of cookies’ Pronoun, verb, preposition, noun. Another clause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gNil Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 "Use" is a noun there. When it's pronounced with an "s", it can take a definite article like "the"; that's a characteristic of nouns. When pronounced with a "z" it can have forms like "used" to show past tense, making it a verb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 (edited) 18 hours ago, gNil said: "Use" is a noun there. When it's pronounced with an "s", it can take a definite article like "the"; that's a characteristic of nouns. When pronounced with a "z" it can have forms like "used" to show past tense, making it a verb. Yes. In the sentence "By continuing to use our site, you agree to our _____ of cookies". 'use' is a noun, not a verb. Perhaps the sentence might instead just read "By your using our site, you agree to our cookies". Edited June 7, 2020 by Jeffrey Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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