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09-13-2004, 04:28 PM
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Free dvd's with newspapers
In the UK they frequently give away free dvd's with the newspaper, this
weekend they gave away Buster which is a 15 rating. If you went into a shop to buy this film you would have to be over 15 as per the rating but anyone under 15 could have brought the newspaper this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nick |
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09-13-2004, 08:05 PM
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Re: Free dvd's with newspapers
"Nick" <> wrote in message news:ci4eb8$9l$... > In the UK they frequently give away free dvd's with the newspaper, this > weekend they gave away Buster which is a 15 rating. > > If you went into a shop to buy this film you would have to be over 15 as per > the rating but anyone under 15 could have brought the newspaper this > weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!! > Is "brought" a UK term? I keep seeing this all the time. In the UK you "buy" things, but after the fact its "brought" instead of bought? Is this correct, or is it just a huge amount of typos? |
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09-13-2004, 09:47 PM
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Re: Free dvd's with newspapers
"Biz" <> wrote > Is "brought" a UK term? I keep seeing this all the time. In the UK you > "buy" things, but after the fact its "brought" instead of bought? Is this > correct, or is it just a huge amount of typos? A huge amount of typos. "brought: past and past part. of bring.", from the Concise Oxford Dictionary. cf "bought: past and past part. of buy." ibid. John Howells |
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09-13-2004, 10:03 PM
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Re: Free dvd's with newspapers
Biz wrote on [Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:05:20 GMT]:
> > "Nick" <> wrote in message > news:ci4eb8$9l$... >> In the UK they frequently give away free dvd's with the newspaper, this >> weekend they gave away Buster which is a 15 rating. >> >> If you went into a shop to buy this film you would have to be over 15 as > per >> the rating but anyone under 15 could have brought the newspaper this >> weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!! >> > > > Is "brought" a UK term? I keep seeing this all the time. In the UK you > "buy" things, but after the fact its "brought" instead of bought? Is this > correct, or is it just a huge amount of typos? brought is a real word in the UK, but it doesn't mean bought. It's also DVDs. Not dvd's. |
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09-14-2004, 03:20 AM
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Re: Free dvd's with newspapers
In article <>, Justin
<> wrote: > Biz wrote on [Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:05:20 GMT]: > > > > "Nick" <> wrote in message > > news:ci4eb8$9l$... > >> In the UK they frequently give away free dvd's with the newspaper, this > >> weekend they gave away Buster which is a 15 rating. > >> > >> If you went into a shop to buy this film you would have to be over 15 as > > per > >> the rating but anyone under 15 could have brought the newspaper this > >> weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!! > >> > > > > > > Is "brought" a UK term? I keep seeing this all the time. In the UK you > > "buy" things, but after the fact its "brought" instead of bought? Is this > > correct, or is it just a huge amount of typos? > > brought is a real word in the UK, but it doesn't mean bought. > > It's also DVDs. Not dvd's. > Next thing, you'll say it's not tv, cd, vhs, etc. -- Chris Mack "Refugee, total ****. That's how I've always seen us. 'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us." -'Deal/No Deal', CHESS |
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09-14-2004, 04:44 AM
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Re: Free dvd's with newspapers
Invid Fan wrote:
> In article <>, Justin > <> wrote: > > >>Biz wrote on [Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:05:20 GMT]: >> >>>"Nick" <> wrote in message >>>news:ci4eb8$9l$... >>> >>>>In the UK they frequently give away free dvd's with the newspaper, this >>>>weekend they gave away Buster which is a 15 rating. >>>> >>>>If you went into a shop to buy this film you would have to be over 15 as >>> >>>per >>> >>>>the rating but anyone under 15 could have brought the newspaper this >>>>weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!! >>>> >>> >>> >>>Is "brought" a UK term? I keep seeing this all the time. In the UK you >>>"buy" things, but after the fact its "brought" instead of bought? Is this >>>correct, or is it just a huge amount of typos? >> >>brought is a real word in the UK, but it doesn't mean bought. >> >>It's also DVDs. Not dvd's. >> > > Next thing, you'll say it's not tv, cd, vhs, etc. > tv -> telly cd -> CD vhs -> video etc., etc., etc BB |
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09-14-2004, 06:43 AM
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Re: Free dvd's with newspapers
Invid Fan wrote on [Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:20:01 -0400]:
> In article <>, Justin > <> wrote: > >> Biz wrote on [Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:05:20 GMT]: >> > >> > "Nick" <> wrote in message >> > news:ci4eb8$9l$... >> >> In the UK they frequently give away free dvd's with the newspaper, this >> >> weekend they gave away Buster which is a 15 rating. >> >> >> >> If you went into a shop to buy this film you would have to be over 15 as >> > per >> >> the rating but anyone under 15 could have brought the newspaper this >> >> weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!! >> >> >> > >> > >> > Is "brought" a UK term? I keep seeing this all the time. In the UK you >> > "buy" things, but after the fact its "brought" instead of bought? Is this >> > correct, or is it just a huge amount of typos? >> >> brought is a real word in the UK, but it doesn't mean bought. >> >> It's also DVDs. Not dvd's. >> > Next thing, you'll say it's not tv, cd, vhs, etc. It's not actually the capitalisation that I was pointing out. |
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09-14-2004, 07:29 AM
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Re: Free dvd's with newspapers
"Biz" <> wrote in message news:Qbm1d.359847$... > Is "brought" a UK term? I keep seeing this all the time. In the UK you > "buy" things, but after the fact its "brought" instead of bought? Is this > correct, or is it just a huge amount of typos? I'm sure you've seen it as often as you say, but I don't think I've *ever* seen or heard it before........ |
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09-14-2004, 07:46 AM
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Re: Free dvd's with newspapers
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:28:40 +0000 (UTC), "Nick"
<> wrote: >In the UK they frequently give away free dvd's with the newspaper, this >weekend they gave away Buster which is a 15 rating. > >If you went into a shop to buy this film you would have to be over 15 as per >the rating but anyone under 15 could have brought the newspaper this >weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!! > Simmilar thongs here in Croatia. But they don't give it for free - you need to pay extra for DVD if you want it. -- Q. What are your qualifications to be a film critic? A. I can watch movies, I can think, and I can write. From Dale's Movie Page at http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/A...09/movies.html -- http://agrgic.tripod.com | http://agrgic.tripod.com/rew * STOP nekvalitetnim DVD izdanjima! Potpisite peticiju, prijavite lose DVD-e... * http://www33.brinkster.com/stoplosidvd |
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09-14-2004, 09:49 AM
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Re: Free dvd's with newspapers
Very quickly typed not much notice taken to grammar thought this was a
newsgroup not an English course but hey since you are all so critical I try better in future. Not one person actually commented on the point I was trying to make that by giving free DVDs with 15/18 ratings with newspapers people under that age can legally buy them. "Arminio Grgic" <> wrote in message news:... > On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:28:40 +0000 (UTC), "Nick" > <> wrote: > > >In the UK they frequently give away free dvd's with the newspaper, this > >weekend they gave away Buster which is a 15 rating. > > > >If you went into a shop to buy this film you would have to be over 15 as per > >the rating but anyone under 15 could have brought the newspaper this > >weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > Simmilar thongs here in Croatia. But they don't give it for free - you > need to pay extra for DVD if you want it. > > -- > Q. What are your qualifications to be a film critic? > A. I can watch movies, I can think, and I can write. > From Dale's Movie Page at > http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/A...09/movies.html > -- > http://agrgic.tripod.com | http://agrgic.tripod.com/rew > * STOP nekvalitetnim DVD izdanjima! Potpisite peticiju, prijavite lose DVD-e... > * http://www33.brinkster.com/stoplosidvd |
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