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Osee Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
On offer?
The dilemma is, should we take a chance and hope for even better bargains ahead, or accept the pretty good deals that are already on offer?
On offer? I feel so strange about its usage. How about just replaced it by "offerred"? Thanks.
On offer? I feel so strange about its usage. How about just replaced it by "offerred"? Thanks.
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I agree. That are already being offered sounds good to me.
- I agree.
- That are already being offered sounds good to me.
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Hi,
Yet it is, where I live.
It must be a regional thing. If you search for 'is on offer', 'are on offer', you get a lot of hits.
Clive
Yet it is, where I live.
It must be a regional thing. If you search for 'is on offer', 'are on offer', you get a lot of hits.
Clive
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I was pretty sure it was idiomatic somewhere. But I don't feel qualified to say exactly what it's equivalent would be because I don't use it/hear it.
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I don't use "on offer" either, but I remember hearing British friends use it.
(And now I know that Clive does, too.)
(And now I know that Clive does, too.)
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Does this has anything to do with these: upon/on request, on sale, etc.?
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Hi,
Yes, I'd say it's very often in the context of selling.
It's not a phrase that I would normally say myself. I'd see it written, for example in the newspaper or on a flyer.
Clive
Yes, I'd say it's very often in the context of selling.
It's not a phrase that I would normally say myself. I'd see it written, for example in the newspaper or on a flyer.
Clive
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Osee On offer? I feel so strange about its usage. How about just replaced it by "offerred"? Thanks.I think you will find that "on offer" is (mainly) a Briticism.
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