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Yen75 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

15% OFF-what's the meaning?

0=15% OFF all beverages except on bottled drinks=02br
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00Does the above term mean:02br
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001. discounts02br
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002. special offers02br
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00I, myself, believe that it refers to discounts given. But my friend thinks otherwise. Special offers usually refers to reduced prices, doesn't it?02br
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00Can someone help me out here?02br
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00Btw, to grammar geek, thanks for your help ^^.0-
  

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0If a company advertises that all beverages are 15% off, that means the company is selling/offering its beverages at a price which is 15% less than the usual price.0-
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0Okay, I understand that. Actually, I need a confirmation that the above term refers more to DISCOUNTS rather than SPECIAL OFFERS. Because I found this question in a mutiple choice test and the choices given are those two mentioned. I believe it should be the first one but my friend thinks otherwise. 0-
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0Perhaps I can compare it to:02br
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00Original price: $1502br
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00New price: $1002br
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00Special offer is such as the above, isn't it?0-
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0This isn't really a grammar term, it's about marketing and how you define terms.02br
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00Let's say I'm a frequent customer at this store, and I get a coupon for 15% off that is only for people who have spent $1000 in the store over the past year. I have gotten a special offer that gives me a discount. 02br
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00There needs to be something "special" a
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10I agree with Goodman. 02br
00What you originally posted refers specifically to a 01b00discount02b00 of 15%.02br
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00A 'special offer' could simply be something that is offered
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0I think discounts are a type of special offer. 02br
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00Discount - a lower price02br
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00special offer - some sort of promotional offer, which could be a discount, could be 'buy one get one free', could be 'buy 10 in the next month and get a free gift', anything really.0-
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0Yen,02br
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00It’s difficult to draw the line between discount and special offer.00 00However, if we are talking about 0015% off00 from the original price, it’s then to me a 00discount.00 00 00A 00special offer00 is a term which can be used on anything02br
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00That's what I said in earlier post. A final clearan
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0Thanks guys. I agree on everything that you're all saying! True that it also depends on the way we see things, etc, etc. Perhaps the problem comes from where I'm from. You see, I've got this multiple choice question from a regional English test, hence we're suppose to choose only ONE correct answer. Whereas as you can all see that's where the problem lies. There's a possibility of having more m
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00Based on your provided context, yes, discount is it!0-
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