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Thread #124681   Message #2756272
Posted By: Tootler
30-Oct-09 - 09:15 PM
Thread Name: BS: American English usages taking over Brit
Subject: RE: BS: American English usages taking over Brit
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One that really annoys me just now is the misuse of the word "solutions" in the commercial world. I first heard it in this context about 15 years ago in a radio advert for office equipment where the firm's products were referred to as "office solutions".

Now you see it everywhere. On the motorway you regularly see large wagons whose owners advertise on the side of the vehicle that they provide "logistics solutions" (two misused words there) and I recently saw a van belonging to a construction company claiming they provided "total construction solutions". It's all a load of meaningless garbage
[/rant mode]