Timeline for "Got Notifications" vs. "Received Notifications"
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| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
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| Jun 8, 2013 at 16:10 | answer | added | Mitch | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 15, 2013 at 6:09 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/334551211971858432 | ||
| May 14, 2013 at 12:44 | comment | added | TrevorD | @JohnLawler I wouldn't have read "notifications" as meaning "news": I would have understood it as notification(s) (notice) that something has happened, e.g. that we can go ahead with the project, that the money has been received, that the e-mail(s) have been read, ... . Hence, I would go with "received notifications". (I also wouldn't have capitalised "notifications" - I know you didn't: the questioner did.) | |
| May 13, 2013 at 19:22 | comment | added | Gigazelle | John I'd upvote that if it was an answer. | |
| May 13, 2013 at 16:57 | comment | added | Chris Bier | That explains it :) | |
| May 13, 2013 at 16:53 | comment | added | John Lawler | Get is informal for receive, while notifications is formal for news. They should be both informal or both formal; mashups don't work so well. | |
| May 13, 2013 at 16:48 | history | asked | Chris Bier | CC BY-SA 3.0 |