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  Re: X-Pods on sale in the UK
 
"William Howard" <william@howard-fami...rld.co.uk> wrote in message news:HrnJxq.1I1C@lugnet.com... (...) Are they "on sale" or are they "for sale"? (21 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.basic)
 
  Re: X-Pods on sale in the UK
 
(...) That's an interesting prepositional conundrum. Technically, in both UK and US English, it's "on sale" just to indicate that something is now available from a supplier that was not available at first. But "for sale" seems to be used as (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.basic, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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