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March 25, 2008

Chinese food? Maybe?

Food and cooking

There's a Chinese restaurant in the center of my little town; I hear that a bit ago, someone new bought it and it was closed for remodeling, or something. Today I noticed several signs in the windows with the following message:

"WE HAVE BEEN CLOSED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS"

Um, what? Does that mean it's open now? Wouldn't it be more useful to say that they will open in several weeks? Or that they are currently closed? Or something? A lovely case of grammatical issues making it unclear what the message is even supposed to be... unless they really are just telling us that they have been closed for several weeks. I think that is in fact true, but I don't see how it helps me know when I'll be able to get some lo mein.

Posted by Kat at March 25, 2008 09:34 AM
Comments

Here's a good one from a scholarship announcement:

"Additionally, please include two 2 X 4 photos suitable for newspaper release. If possible, photos will not be returned."

Posted by: Dad at March 26, 2008 09:27 AM
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