"Best by..."

[Marc Velasco]

I wouldn't put that construction past the motives of manufacturers who were
eager to shave off 4 letters worth of ink (or whatever toner-like substance
they use for labels).



On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 7/4/2008 12:48 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >I mentioned this a few years ago as an idiotic variant of "Best
> >before..." stamped on grocery products.
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> >Now I've seen it again on Hunt's Snack Pack Pudding: "Best by Aug122009."
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> The superlative form of "better buy [by"]?
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> Joel
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