• Zagorath@aussie.zone
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    6 days ago

    I also thought that…

    And the reason, I think, is simple. Product names are usually nouns, not verbs. So when I see “treat”, I think of “a treat”, not the act of treating something.

    It should be “UTI test + treatment”.

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      6 days ago

      “Maybe the company isn’t from a country where English is the main language, that would explain the odd terminology,” I thought.

      Winx Health is an American women’s health company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

      Oh.

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        6 days ago

        Americans are some of the worst at their own language, so it’s not at all surprising they’re not from elsewhere.

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      5 days ago

      I’d say there’s no need to change the wording, just instead of saying

      UTI test

      + treat

      I’d say

      UTI

      test + treat

      Would be clearer

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      I think they shouldn’t have told them and waited for the inevitable box shaking and “what no treat?”

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      I initially thought it was a treat (like some sort of jellied lolly inside or something). However, the word “treat” could be used in a verb sense, as in “to treat”. It is 100% not clear though.