On 20 Nov 2009, at 12:49, Brian Butterworth wrote:
As an example, I think for this story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8369764.stm
"Procter & Gamble recalls 120,000 Vicks nasal sprays"
...is much clearer than...
"Thousands of Vicks spray recalled"
Especially if you don't know what Vicks is.
because thousands might be two thousand, not over 100,000...
120K is a scary number to have missed QA, thousands is just a hiccup.
The P&G bit is not really the useful extra info, the number is. The
P&G info is useful after the number as you go through the house
looking for other products that might have b0rked QA :-)
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