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Dilantoplu Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Buy words by the yard??
Hello,
This is from a girl's thoughts about her dad, while he was driving away after he dropped her off. He is a screen writer and she thinks that business is taking all the time and energy he has.
"...and then he was gone: swalloved back into an interior world, at the mercy of people who bought words by the yard and never knew what they wanted until it was already in syndication."
I couldn't think of what that might mean. So I need some help.
Thanks,
Dilan.
This is from a girl's thoughts about her dad, while he was driving away after he dropped her off. He is a screen writer and she thinks that business is taking all the time and energy he has.
"...and then he was gone: swalloved back into an interior world, at the mercy of people who bought words by the yard and never knew what they wanted until it was already in syndication."
I couldn't think of what that might mean. So I need some help.
Thanks,
Dilan.
Top answer
'Buy words by the yard' = pay for writings (articles, essay, screenplays, etc) at a rate per word or per page. The suggestion is that her father's employers do not care very much about the content or the quality of the writing.
- 'Buy words by the yard' = pay for writings (articles, essay, screenplays, etc) at a rate per word or per page.
- The suggestion is that her father's employers do not care very much about the content or the quality of the writing.
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'Buy words by the yard' = pay for writings (articles, essay, screenplays, etc) at a rate per word or per page. The suggestion is that her father's employers do not care very much about the content or the quality of the writing.
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Thanks a lot for being so clear and writing quickly. 
I appreciate it.
I appreciate it.0
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