Re: OT "x times cheaper", was: Re: Server hardware advice.
On 2019-08-10, Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> wrote:
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> Similarly, one of our local fuel stations has (or had) vouchers that say
> things like '10c per litre off every litre of fuel' - which also quickly
> gets into trouble if taken literally :-)
You mean that would mean 20c off the second litre and 30c off the third,
and so on, or something else?
I really don't know. It seems 'every litre of fuel' is where the phrase
goes wrong and that part could profitably be deleted, leaving simply:
'10c per litre off.'
Anyway, whoever wrote that must've been gassed (so to speak).
> Richard
>
>
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