TV-ad voice-over

[Wilson Gray]

It's odd, but "chase after" and "mix together" sound fine to me, but
"refund back" sounds asinine.

-Wilson

On 6/11/07, Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at umr.edu> wrote:
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> Superfluity is one of the results of blending, e.g. chase after (chase + =
> run after). I believe that's what happened in "refund back,"
> although I'm not quite sure what's going on with "mix together."
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> Gerald Cohen
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> More likely just a superfluity?
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> The TV cooking shows regularly instruct us to "add in" an ingredient and =
> "mix together" the contents of the bowl.
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> --Charlie
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> >Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:47:56 -0500
> >From: "Cohen, Gerald Leonard" <gcohen at UMR.EDU>
> >Subject: Re: TV-ad voice-over
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> >Ah, another blend (refund + give back).
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> >Gerald Cohen
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> >" ... [O]r we'll _refund_ your money _back_!"
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> >-Wilson
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