Weird announcements revisited

[Gerald Cohen]

  Larry Horn writes:

>This time it's the syntax rather the phonology.  The frequently
>repeated recorded message at our local Stop and Shop supermarket
>assures customers
>
>"We want to make your shopping experience to be the best it can be."
>


    This is a syntactic blend--"We want to make your shopping
experience the best it can be" + "We want your shopping experience to
be the best it can be."

Gerald Cohen