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Grammar curmudgeaon alert to lakeland catalogue

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codswallop · 26/06/2004 22:21

lying in the bath this morning I wa sreading the latest lakeland tome.

I need to draw your attentin to the over use of inverted commas in the editorial. the foloowing one particularly sprung to mind

"

Protect It
Metallic Shelf Liner
The ?industrial? look is seriously trendy at the moment ? in fact, people ?pay the earth? for expensive flooring that looks remarkably similar to our textured, shiny shelf liner... however, at just £5.95, our wipe-clean version is a very reasonably priced way to bring your kitchen cupboards or shelves bang up-to-date. Cut to fit, self-adhesive and repositionable. "

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codswallop · 26/06/2004 22:21

why do those need apostrophes?

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codswallop · 26/06/2004 22:21

invered commas i mean

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Lisa78 · 26/06/2004 22:24

Coddy, theres lots of stuff to do at my house, if you feel the need to keep busy...

codswallop · 26/06/2004 22:25

Oh ho ho

I wa int he bath witht hat ad the colour supplements...
till i realised ds1 was supposed to be at a prty at 10am

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eddm · 26/06/2004 22:56

Lakeland catalogue is always full of grammatical mistakes IMHO. Maybe they think it adds to the folksey, home-spun image they want to present? Or maybe they just don't know any better. Perhaps we should send them a copy of Eats, Shoots and Leaves?

codswallop · 27/06/2004 13:04

and gett hem to delete all the " "

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codswallop · 28/06/2004 09:16

ks? where are you?

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