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is this wrong?

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branflake81 · 23/05/2008 10:59

Advert in magazine for Sainsburys: "And lots more instore"

Is "instore" even a word?

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wasabipeanut · 23/05/2008 11:00

No. I'm pretty sure it isn't.

MrsBadger · 23/05/2008 11:00

not yet but it will be soon

fryalot · 23/05/2008 11:02

according to this, it is a word

but it doesn't mean what they meant when they used it

wasabipeanut · 23/05/2008 11:05

Oh Squonk, you're good.

fryalot · 23/05/2008 11:13
Wink
asicsgirl · 23/05/2008 13:24

it seems (to me) less offensive when used as an adjective modifying a noun - as in

lots more instore offers

is it just this jump to being used on its own as a prepositional phrase that grates i wonder

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