When can you use “back up”?
Can you say "the site is back up" after restoring a website that went down due to some problems with the server?
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Can you say "the site is back up" after restoring a website that went down due to some problems with the server?
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Yes. Do you have a reason for thinking otherwise?
– Juhasz
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It is confusing, as it could be read to mean that the site is a backup site. But it is correct grammar and semantics when taken to mean that the site has been restored to operation.
– Hot Licks
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Can you say "the site is back up" after restoring a website that went down due to some problems with the server?
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Can you say "the site is back up" after restoring a website that went down due to some problems with the server?
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Yes. Do you have a reason for thinking otherwise?
– Juhasz
yesterday
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It is confusing, as it could be read to mean that the site is a backup site. But it is correct grammar and semantics when taken to mean that the site has been restored to operation.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
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Yes. Do you have a reason for thinking otherwise?
– Juhasz
yesterday
1
It is confusing, as it could be read to mean that the site is a backup site. But it is correct grammar and semantics when taken to mean that the site has been restored to operation.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
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Yes. Do you have a reason for thinking otherwise?
– Juhasz
yesterday
Yes. Do you have a reason for thinking otherwise?
– Juhasz
yesterday
1
1
It is confusing, as it could be read to mean that the site is a backup site. But it is correct grammar and semantics when taken to mean that the site has been restored to operation.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
It is confusing, as it could be read to mean that the site is a backup site. But it is correct grammar and semantics when taken to mean that the site has been restored to operation.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
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Yes. Do you have a reason for thinking otherwise?
– Juhasz
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It is confusing, as it could be read to mean that the site is a backup site. But it is correct grammar and semantics when taken to mean that the site has been restored to operation.
– Hot Licks
yesterday