[Ads-l] Event of the day

[Laurence Horn]

According to our local news anchor, Connecticut has "the potential for a significant flood event”. Not sure whether that’s more or less worrisome than a flood.  I guess the “event” does seem to envisage an endpoint.

LH

> On Aug 30, 2021, at 10:02 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> A "major [sic] motion picture" is now likely to be a "[major] motion
> picture event."
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> I also seem to remember "[multi-] part television event.'
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> JL
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> On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 5:51 PM Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
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>> One almost never sees/hears an ad on TV for a "sale."  It's always a
>> "sales event."  I suppose the word "sale" strikes Madison Avenue as
>> declasse--like a rummage sale or a fire sale--whereas "event" implies
>> something noteworthy and exceptional.
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