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"A better way to holiday shop."
This, of course, caused me to go "A better way to what now?" because I'm sure I would say "shop for the holidays" or something like that.
Still, after I noticed that I largely forgot about it. I mean, it *is* a more efficient way to say the same thing, even if it sounds funny to me. I figured it was just an advertising thing, like a headline thing. But now here I am reading the comments here and there it is again, in the comments, from a real person: "Here's a little background: my husband loves to grocery shop and so do I." Is this like jump roping instead of jumping rope? (Oh, man, I need to re-up this account so I can do polls again!)
This, of course, caused me to go "A better way to what now?" because I'm sure I would say "shop for the holidays" or something like that.
Still, after I noticed that I largely forgot about it. I mean, it *is* a more efficient way to say the same thing, even if it sounds funny to me. I figured it was just an advertising thing, like a headline thing. But now here I am reading the comments here and there it is again, in the comments, from a real person: "Here's a little background: my husband loves to grocery shop and so do I." Is this like jump roping instead of jumping rope? (Oh, man, I need to re-up this account so I can do polls again!)
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Date: 2011-01-28 12:14 am (UTC)When you say 'this specific construction is new to me', do you mean with gerunds, or with 'shopping'?
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Date: 2011-01-28 05:32 pm (UTC)