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In lugnet.basic, Neb Okla wrote:
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> "William Howard" <william@howard-family.fsworld.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:HrnJxq.1I1C@lugnet.com...
> > The 4 X-Pod sets (4346 to 4349) are now on sale in the UK
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> Are they "on sale" or are they "for sale"?
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 well--interchangably, sure, but only in tandem with certain
constructions.
So I suppose "now available at" would be less confusing; they're
not "on sale" in the discount sense. Perhaps "on sale" is used
more commonly in the UK, but I hear it used all the time in the
US and Canada in the same non-discount sense.
Strange, that.
best
LFB
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| "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"? (20 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.basic)
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