19 English lessons for when you're using a computer

English Lesson: Can you close that for me and launch the sales tracking report again?

1. “Can you close that for me and launch the sales tracking report again?”

English Lesson: I don't know... it just cuts out sporadically.

2. “I don't know... it just cuts out sporadically.”

English Lesson: You probably want to check the box that says “Remember my ID”.

3. “You probably want to check the box that says “Remember my ID”.”

4. “Double click that yellow icon to launch it.”

English Lesson: When you’re done, click “Submit”.

5. “When you’re done, click “Submit”.”

English Lesson: How do you know which server to select?

6. “How do you know which server to select?”

English Lesson: See how the alert message changed when you did that?

7. “See how the alert message changed when you did that?”

English Lesson: Can you pull up the pricing estimate I sent out last week?

8. “Can you pull up the pricing estimate I sent out last week?”

English Lesson: Please alert the development team if you receive any error messages.

9. “Please alert the development team if you receive any error messages.”

English Lesson: There you go. You should be up and running now.

10. “There you go. You should be up and running now.”

English Lesson: Sorry to keep pestering you, but who can I speak to about getting access to the shared drive?

11. “Sorry to keep pestering you, but who can I speak to about getting access to the shared drive?”

English Lesson: Word crashed while I was working on it, but luckily I was able to retrieve the file.

12. “Word crashed while I was working on it, but luckily I was able to retrieve the file.”

English Lesson: Please tell me I don't have to start over from scratch...

13. “Please tell me I don't have to start over from scratch...”

English Lesson: The video's pretty choppy on my end.

14. “The video's pretty choppy on my end.”

English Lesson: There seems to be a bit of a lag.

15. “There seems to be a bit of a lag.”

16. “Hold on — you might be able to recover it.”

17. “Great! Now I have to re-do it.”

18. “I think you forgot to attach the PDF.”

19. “Once you get to know it, it's not that hard.”