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Marketing bollocks, buzzword bingo, or your mum saying "fudge" when she really wants to swear like a trooper. Let's ride the hockey stick curve of this top hat product, solutioneers.

Thanks to simbosan for the idea

(I helped save b3ta! Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:13)
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Also talk about "an unlimited amount of DVDs" on their DVD rental website, which is also wrong for the same reason.

Stuff: Use "less", "how much", "amount of"

Things: Use "fewer", "how many", "number of"
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 16:24, 1 reply)
And it's just wrong anyway
because of course they can't actually have an unlimited number of DVDs.
(I helped save b3ta! Bob Todd whee, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 17:05, closed)

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