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Subject:Re: Did they really mean what it says? From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 17 Nov 2003 09:17:12 -0500
From: "Peter" <pnewman1 -at- optonline -dot- net>
> In my travels I found this gem of an advertising malapropism on the
> bottom of the Toshiba support web page. Great example of how not to say it.
>
> "Protect your PC from Microsoft."
>
>http://tinyurl.com/v8nk
> If that link doesn't work, go to Toshiba support.
>
But that's not what it's saying at all. It is obvious:
- The text "Protect your PC" is an image. Its color is red.
- The text "from Microsoft" is an image. Its color is black.
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