[Ads-l] "To soft-open"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

BB wrote:
> Thank you for double-checking. I can’t find it either, so it must be a figment of my imagination.

Your memory was not a figment. Here is the message from John Baker on
Feb 14 2005. He lucidly explained the meaning of "soft opening". No
citation was given.

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2005-February/046080.html

Garson

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