On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:50, Mike Williams wrote: > On Thursday 24 March 2005 07:28, mougeotte wrote: > > sorry i was on the wrong page > > > > http://ooodocs.sourceforge.net/graphics/banners/index.html > > Re: one of the banners > > Am I wrong in thinking that the phrase "for free" is commonly used but > incorrect?
You're not wrong... :) "For free" is a sloppy colloquialism. > The term "free" has traditionally been used as the short form of > "free of charge", and people have mistakenly assumed it to instead be a > description. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'd also never heard the > term "for free" used prior to the mid-1980s (I was born in the 60s). Depended a little on the socio-economic climate in which you lived. Up until the time you mentioned, it was normally only ever heard in eh lowest socio-economic strata. > > Yes, I know this is a small point and one way or the other, only <0.01% of > people would know the answer to this, but since there's a chance of it > being incorrect, I think we should fix it. "OpenOffice.org is freely available, and is entirely free charge, now and forever." > > Anyone know? Jean? > > Mike -- Alex Fisher Co-Lead, CD-ROM Project OpenOffice.org Marketing Community Contact Australia/New Zealand http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
