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secjill
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 Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:07 pm Post subject: go live/ go alive |
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Hi teachers,
Have you ever heard of "go live" or "go alive"? What do they mean respectively? if I want to say a new software is installed and starts to be used, which phrase should I choose?
Thanks in advance for any answers! |
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buddhaheart
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Location: Vancouver, BC Canada
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When we watch TV news, sometimes the anchor says we now go live to xxx (name of some other reporter) who�s on location to find out more... What it means is they�re broadcasting live (as it happens, not from tape or film made beforehand; used as an adjective; pronounced with the long �i� as in life) at the time of the broadcast as the event unfolds.
I�m not familiar with the verbal phrase �go alive�. When you start a software just installed, you can say let�s try it; let�s test drive it; let�s start; let�s run it & etc. I don�t see how you would use either of the 2 phrases you raised in this context? |
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secjill
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Thank you so much for your reply, buddhaheart.
I want to phrase a sentence like this, "The new system is going to go live/alive next week." |
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