Is it not time the word "free" was defined when used in advertising and sale of goods? It is the practice to label goods "Buy one, get one free".
The "one free" is not. It is conditional on your purchase of a similar item. Therefore it isn't free.
It is costing you the money you must pay for the two items.
And when a bottle or packet proclaims "50 per cent free", it is not.
It should say, perhaps, "Larger quantity at no extra cost".
Perhaps I am being too fussy but I wish they would not corrupt the meaning of this lovely little word.
-Chuck Odom, Brighton Road, Lancing
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