Dream Vacation sweepstakes

English translation: competition to win an amazing vacation

09:50 Jan 17, 2020
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English term or phrase: Dream Vacation sweepstakes
So start paying attention to micro conversions: all the other jobs your site does. Like signing up users to receive email marketing promotions. Or urging them to create an account and write product reviews. Or helping them download PDFs with putting advice, watch swing-coaching videos, print coupons, call the number listed on the website or enter a Dream Vacation sweepstakes. You get the idea.




And also why Dream Vacation is capitalized. It does not make sense to be a company name here.
Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
Türkiye
Local time: 00:14
Selected answer:competition to win an amazing vacation
Explanation:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweepstake
In my experience, Americans often put an S on the end when using the word in the singular, perhaps because all the stakes, ie entries, are swept into one "pot".

The capitals are a mistake in my opinion - Dream Vacation is not a proper noun. If you Google "dream vacation sweepstakes", you'll find lots of businesses operate them.
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philgoddard
United States
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4 +3competition to win an amazing vacation
philgoddard
4 +1a lottery, the prize of which is a dream vacation.
Kiet Bach
4 +1Dream Vacation sweepstake
B D Finch


  

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dream vacation sweepstakes
competition to win an amazing vacation


Explanation:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweepstake
In my experience, Americans often put an S on the end when using the word in the singular, perhaps because all the stakes, ie entries, are swept into one "pot".

The capitals are a mistake in my opinion - Dream Vacation is not a proper noun. If you Google "dream vacation sweepstakes", you'll find lots of businesses operate them.

philgoddard
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 14

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agree  Sarah Maidstone
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agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
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agree  Daryo
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dream vacation sweepstakes
a lottery, the prize of which is a dream vacation.


Explanation:
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Kiet Bach
United States
Local time: 14:14
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Daryo: yes, you could also call it a "lottery"
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dream vacation sweepstakes
Dream Vacation sweepstake


Explanation:
This is the imagined proper name of an imaginary sweepstake. Therefore, It is correct to capitalise it. On the other hand, "sweepstake" should be singular.

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Note added at 12 hrs (2020-01-17 22:10:23 GMT)
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Thanks to philgoddard for the information that "sweepstakes" is plural in EN-US. It clearly is American English, given the use of the word "vacation".

A sweepstake is a competition, generally involving betting on a horse race, where all the money staked becomes the prize money. So, there is no bookies' profit.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 22:14
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Moore (X)
1 hr
  -> Thanks David

neutral  philgoddard: I don't think "dream vacation sweepstakes" can be the definition of "dream vacation sweepstakes". Masoud presumably posted this because he wanted to know what it means. His question about capitalisation is a secondary one, hence "also".
1 hr
  -> You could be right, but he could have Googled "sweepstake" in less time than it took to post the question.

neutral  Daryo: "A is A" doesn't explain much ...
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