Pedantry III
For the delight of wanna be Consultant F
Marketing is everything. Often, posh brochures and web sites
are used to advertise the highest quality products. The association between the
slickness and style of the advertisement and the quality of the product
underpins much of modern advertising. Thus, it would be expected that when
advertising a multi million pound residential complex in Edinburgh through a
flash web site, a basic spell check would be used: http://www.23ravelston.com/interiors.phpA cynic may suggest that having a gadget web site that is full of minor errors may
indicate that the product it advertises, while looking stylish, may itself be
riddled with minor defects. Not that I am suggesting that the development itself
is flawed (not least for obvious legal reasons). Rather I suggest that they
spend part of their budget on a dictionary
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September 27th, 2006 at 3:49 pm
May I thank you for drawing this to my attention. I must confess it took me quite a while to spot the deliberate mistake (perhaps we win an apartment as a prize?). Any idea how much they’re going to be selling for? Quite fancy a new house, sorry apartment!
September 27th, 2006 at 4:57 pm
may we ask why you were looking at this site or were you just looking for typos
September 28th, 2006 at 11:28 am
this post is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay duller than the previous hippo post - yaaaaaaaawn!