The sign at the rapid checkout in my local supermarket reads "about twenty items or less". As I waited in the queue I started to wonder exactly how many that is. It isn't the use of "less" that I object to, though I know some who might. I'm just wondering about that "about".
To me "about twenty" might be eighteen, it might be twenty two. Others might disagree with the specifics but I think most would agree that it includes a few above and a few below twenty.
It doesn't combine well with "less" though as I'd take that to mean 1-20 but not 21 or 22.
How would others interpret this unusual phrasing?
To me "about twenty" might be eighteen, it might be twenty two. Others might disagree with the specifics but I think most would agree that it includes a few above and a few below twenty.
It doesn't combine well with "less" though as I'd take that to mean 1-20 but not 21 or 22.
How would others interpret this unusual phrasing?
1 comment:
Over there they do allow a max of ten products and start to arguee if one has even one more...
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