You would miss the half the joy of deconstruction, in that case.
On 6/11/2014 5:32 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote:
Apart from the lack of meaning in the sentence quoted, it includes one of those
strange repetitive and redundant turns of phrase which really grates on my
nerves. “Together, both partners have a combined history…”
Lets deconstruct that. If they have a combined history of whatever, then it
probably is not separately. So Saying “Together” is not needed. And then we
find that “…both partners have…” Not just one of the partners, but both of
them? Imagine that.
A simple straightforward phrasing would be: “The partners have a combined
history…” If they are going to write meaningless twaddle, at least they could
avoid bad writing.
stan
On Jun 11, 2014, at 3:36 PM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote:
Thank you, for the interesting document.
Well, the Press Release you referenced is full of ... puffing up the
cheaks.
"Together, both partners have a combined history of 146 years in
the Photo Industry."
Along those lines, PDML has combined photographic experience of over
500 years!
Does that number matter?
Igor
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