On 2019-08-10, Richard Hector <rich...@walnut.gen.nz> wrote: > > Similarly, one of our local fuel stations has (or had) vouchers that say > things like '10c per litre off every litre of fuel' - which also quickly > gets into trouble if taken literally :-)
You mean that would mean 20c off the second litre and 30c off the third, and so on, or something else? I really don't know. It seems 'every litre of fuel' is where the phrase goes wrong and that part could profitably be deleted, leaving simply: '10c per litre off.' Anyway, whoever wrote that must've been gassed (so to speak). > Richard > > -- “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” ― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
