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Pb03 Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

on the shelves

Hello there,

I've looked up some dictionaries to find the defintion of the phrase unlined.
Still those explantions -- something that is not used, useless things etc-- do not make sense to me.

Isn't there any possibilty the phrase means 'something on the market, that is, something selling now' ?
Just because that sounds more proper to me... so... I hope to hear your opinions.

Thanks as always~

pb

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Hi. It is just a casual way of referring to the products that sit on shelves in stores now. If you go into a Wall*Mart store, there are 50,000 or more items for sale sitting on shelves.

— Deichc@eou.edu

  • Hi.
  • It is just a casual way of referring to the products that sit on shelves in stores now.
  • If you go into a Wall*Mart store, there are 50,000 or more items for sale sitting on shelves.
  • Carole in Umatilla
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Hi. It is just a casual way of referring to the products that sit on shelves in stores now. If you go into a Wall*Mart store, there are 50,000 or more items for sale sitting on shelves. Carole in Umatilla
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Hiu.,

Yes. The writer is saying that this software is more than just one of the ordinary products that is sitting on the shelves for sale in computer stores. ie It is a special product.

Clive
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Thanks for taking your time.
Now I've realized common senses are always important to figure out the meaning in some context.^^
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