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06-Jan-2008, 11:01
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| |  In the interests of hygiene,
In the interests of hygiene, please don't smoke in this shop.
Is it proper to interpret the phrase in bold as "For the sake of hygiene?" If not, what is it? Thanks. |
06-Jan-2008, 12:21
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| |  Re: In the interests of hygiene,
Personally I think it is one of those bureaucratese phrases.
It doesn't really mean anything apart from Don't Smoke - it is not good for you or the people round you. |
06-Jan-2008, 15:14
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| | Re: In the interests of hygiene,
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Originally Posted by angliholic  In the interests of hygiene, please don't smoke in this shop.
Is it proper to interpret the phrase in bold as "For the sake of hygiene?" | Yes. |
06-Jan-2008, 23:51
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| | Re: In the interests of hygiene,
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Originally Posted by Anglika Personally I think it is one of those bureaucratese phrases.
It doesn't really mean anything apart from Don't Smoke - it is not good for you or the people round you. | Thanks, Anglika.
But I can't find "buteaucratese" in my dictionary except "bureauratic." Quote:
Originally Posted by RonBee Yes. | Thanks, Ron. |
06-Jan-2008, 23:56
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| | Re: In the interests of hygiene,
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Originally Posted by angliholic Thanks, Anglika.
But I can't find "buteaucratese" in my dictionary except "bureauratic."
| What he means by that is language used by bureaucrats. It's a special category.  |
07-Jan-2008, 00:38
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| | Re: In the interests of hygiene,
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Originally Posted by RonBee What he means by that is language used by bureaucrats. It's a special category. | Thanks, Ron.
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