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Grammar and Linguistics > Christmas sellout?
Christmas sellout?
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mish.cz
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Christmas sellout?
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Hello, my colleagues and friends,�
Could you, please, confirm that it is ok to say "to spend money in Christmas sellouts?" I �ve found the phrase Christmas sellouts but am not sure whether it is correct. And I am not sure with the preposition.� Thank you very much in advance.� Hugs, Mish |
13 Dec 2010
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sulekra
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Hi Mish,
I wouldn �t that term like that, I would just use christmas/holiday sales. Sellout will be in relation to whether a product is no longer in stock because all the stock has been sold (out).
A sellout is also a person or object that compromises their integrity or principles for money. Like an activist celebrity suddenly deciding to do advertisements for Nike. Luckily for me, I have no integrity left hehe
The prepostion is correct though, in the sales...
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13 Dec 2010
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magneto
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What if the preposition is related to spend money, instead of the sales? In that case shouldn �t we use on?
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13 Dec 2010
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sulekra
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You �re right Magneto - we spend money on things in the sales...
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13 Dec 2010
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almaz
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�Sellout �, for me, is something like beliefs compromised for the sake of financial gain. I suppose that, for a certain type of Christian for example, the modern concept of Christmas has become - or always was - a bit of a �sellout �.
Then again, a �Christmas sellout � might apply to a business where all the Christmas stock is intended to be sold out - if necessary, at massive discounts. In which case, you would �spend money on Christmas sellouts �. Still, it sounds more American than Brit (which means we �ll probably all be using it in the not too distant future). |
13 Dec 2010
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mish.cz
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Thank you all very much.�
Adam, I must say that Christmas sales sound much better to me, I am getting the meaning of sellout now, thanks to you, Almaz and Thankyouall who explained this to me very nicely in his pm.� Magneto, good point with the preposition, but I thought the same as Adam, he was just faster than me in his response:-)� As always, I feel very thankful for such kind advice.� Have a nice day, Mish |
13 Dec 2010
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