Yahoo returns acquired startup to founders

Post by joashwee » Tue, Jul 24, 2012, 8:58 AM UTC

Post by dools » Tue, Jul 24, 2012, 9:44 AM UTC

_delirium wrote: post #2

Odd sentence construction: a rockstar team ... successfully exited the company to Yahoo I assume this is trying to invoke the jargon use of "an exit", but in this context it has a garden-path reading implying that the team succeeded in quitting the company. I probably would've just said "successfully sold the company".

Post by swombat » Tue, Jul 24, 2012, 9:52 AM UTC

Post by jimm » Tue, Jul 24, 2012, 10:05 AM UTC

dools wrote: post #3

_delirium wrote: post #2

Odd sentence construction: a rockstar team ... successfully exited the company to Yahoo I assume this is trying to invoke the jargon use of "an exit", but in this context it has a garden-path reading implying that the team succeeded in quitting the company. I probably would've just said "successfully sold the company".

A somewhat more subtle example of what my friend refers to as "vouns" (ie. nouns used as verbs) - regularly "gifted" to the English speaking peoples of the world by the Americans. Although exit is of course a verb, it's use in this sentence is pretty confusing given the fact that they're undoubtedly referering to "an exit".

Post by zalew » Tue, Jul 24, 2012, 10:15 AM UTC

monsterix wrote: post #8

Will be really great if they returned Flickr too. And come back to the acquisitions table once they've figured out their purpose! [Edited for my stale information on what they did with Delicious, last summer. Phew!]