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Newguest Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Log on
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Infomercials are geniuses at making us pick up the phone or log on with
our credit cards gripped in our greedy little hands.
--- Does it mean that I just type in my credit card number to buy something? I think that author of the sentence above is referring to the infomercials appearing on the Internet? Or maybe on TV? But if it's on TV how can you "log on" with your credit card?
Infomercials are geniuses at making us pick up the phone or log on with
our credit cards gripped in our greedy little hands.
--- Does it mean that I just type in my credit card number to buy something? I think that author of the sentence above is referring to the infomercials appearing on the Internet? Or maybe on TV? But if it's on TV how can you "log on" with your credit card?
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In this context "log on" just means that you go to the Web site mentioned in the infomercial, no matter where you saw the infomercial. The rest of the sentence means that you are eager to use you credit to buy whatever is being advertized. It might be less confusing if the sentence had a comma, like this.
- In this context "log on" just means that you go to the Web site mentioned in the infomercial, no matter where you saw the infomercial.
- The rest of the sentence means that you are eager to use you credit to buy whatever is being advertized.
- It might be less confusing if the sentence had a comma, like this.
- Infomercials are geniuses at making us pick up the phone or log on, with our credit cards gripped in our greedy little hands.
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In this context "log on" just means that you go to the Web site mentioned in the infomercial, no matter where you saw the infomercial. The rest of the sentence means that you are eager to use you credit to buy whatever is being advertized.
It might be less confusing if the sentence had a comma, like this.
Infomercials are geniuses at making us pick up the phone or log on, with
our
It might be less confusing if the sentence had a comma, like this.
Infomercials are geniuses at making us pick up the phone or log on, with
our
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Infomercials are geniuses at making us pick up the phone or log on with
our credit cards gripped in our greedy little hands. They’ll play their
fitness commercials at three in the morning. Usually it’s right after
you’ve gorged an entire bucket of ice cream or an entire box of cookies.
These programs promise that you’ll get fit in sixty days! Or that you’ll
our credit cards gripped in our greedy little hands. They’ll play their
fitness commercials at three in the morning. Usually it’s right after
you’ve gorged an entire bucket of ice cream or an entire box of cookies.
These programs promise that you’ll get fit in sixty days! Or that you’ll
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I must say I still don't understand it.
Playing fitness commercials is advertising but eating ice creams and cookies (at three in the morning) is not. I'm still not sure what the author is trying to say
Playing fitness commercials is advertising but eating ice creams and cookies (at three in the morning) is not. I'm still not sure what the author is trying to say
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Does it make sense to say: They’ll play their fitness commercials at three in the morning. Usually it’s right after you’ve gorged an entire bucket of ice cream or an entire box of cookies.
Gorged is not really used correctly but it's entirely understandable. A better way to phrase the comment would be "...after you've gorged on an entire..."
Gorged is not really used correctly but it's entirely understandable. A better way to phrase the comment would be "...after you've gorged on an entire..."
Newguest
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But I think that the author is just using humor to make some point. It's not that people are literally eating ice creams and cookies at 3 in the morning?
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