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MyShirley Posted 20 years ago
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0 Both sentences sound fine to me.0-
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01cite10MyShirley12cite10The supermarket offered a special price on oranges.12br
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10The first is more common an
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01cite10MyShirley12cite10The supermarket offered a special price on oranges.12br
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10Typically, "special" is ass
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0If you offer a special price on oranges, you're selling oranges. If you offer a special price for oranges, you're buying oranges.02br
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01cite10MrPedantic12cite10If you offer a special price on oranges, you're selling oranges. If you offer a special price for oranges, you're buying oranges.12br
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10um....I am a bit confused! I got half of it but second on [:^)]is the question.02br
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0Hello Anon02br
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00If you offer a special price for oranges, you're offering to pay a special price in exchange for oranges.02br
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00Perhaps you're the person who buys the oranges for a supermarket. You go to the orange-grower. But he has already arranged to sell his oranges to somebody else. So you offer him a special price for his oranges – i.e. y
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