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You can't mute a microphone. Mute is when something can't make a sound. You put a mic on mute. So no, the text is correct. But obviously it's wrong. It doesn't
by boxed 6y ago
You can't mute a microphone. Mute is when something can't make a sound. You put a mic on mute.
So no, the text is correct. But obviously it's wrong. It doesn't ONLY mute the keyboard, it mutes everything for the person typing. The keyboard, the person, the squeaking chair.
- machello13 6y agoYou can absolutely mute a microphone, since you can say "I muted my microphone" and any English speaker will understand exactly what you mean. edit: in fact I would go so far as to say that the majority of English speakers, at least here in America, would prefer saying "mute the mic" instead "put the mic on mute" (I've never heard anyone say the latter in actual conversation, to be honest).
- zarmin 6y agoJust want to confirm I understood this sentence. Don't speak a lick of English though.
- ghostpepper 6y agoAs a native english speaker, I was confused about how it was possible to mute a keyboard. I did not immediately make the leap to "it mutes your mic when it detects typing on the keyboard"
- mosselman 6y agoBut what boxed is saying is that that leap is incorrect and shouldn’t happen and that “it mutes the mic” is incorrect.
- machello13 6y agoYeah, but he's wrong.
- robbrown451 6y ago"Mute your microphone" is quite standard. Most UIs show a microphone, that you can click on to disable. A circle with a slash through it will appear on top of the picture of the microphone. This is referred to as "muting." This should be enough to see why it is called "muting your microphone." While you could say "disable your microphone," this can lead to confusion, such as thinking that you are talking about more permanently disabling it, such as you do in your computer settings. The most important thing about language is that it is understood. "Mute your microphone" is going to be understood.