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So new, and yet so old ...

by loiswakeman @ 14 Sep. 2006 - 15:58:38

"In conjunction with FSB and Business Link, Dorset Business have put together an exciting event covering all you need to know about what's hot and what's not with business websites.

By the end of the session you should have an understanding of the concepts to better position your website; how to set and achieve realistic goals; how to successfully market and promote your site using free and chargeable methods, an insight into the new and emerging world of bloggs." - Business Link Wessex Email Bulletin

So new, they haven't even worked out to spell it yet. The writer cannot blame his spellchecker, since although Bloggs is commonly used as a generic name (both Fred and Joe), bloggs never has been.

And as for "what's hot and what's not" - that takes me back to the days when Netscape was all shiny and new. I can't help feeling that using two such antiquated forms to publicise an event about current technology is misjudged. Or was he being retro and ironic? I think not.

As you've been good and read this far without complaining, I won't mention the split infinitive and scattergun punctuation in the second paragraph.

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[Visitor]

28/09/06 @ 11:13

My pet hate is 'pressurised', when they really mean pressured. There are so many examples like that I've lost count.

Mind you i'm not always perfectly literate myself, so hey.

loiswakemanloiswakeman [Member]
http://lois.co.uk
28/09/06 @ 11:38

None of us can boast perfection! But we can rail against the most annoying stuff: a current pet hate is "bored of" instead of "bored with" - but my list is too long to list without boring anyone to death...

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