Tesco to change "less" to "fewer"

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John Dunlop - 31 Aug 2008 17:59 GMT

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7590440.stm

| Tesco is to change the wording of signs on its fast-track checkouts

| avoid any linguistic dispute.
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| The supermarket giant is to replace its current "10 items or less"

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| with signs saying "Up to 10 items". '

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Jock

John Dunlop - 31 Aug 2008 19:43 GMT

Oops, the subject line is wrong. Changed.

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Jock

Purl Gurl - 31 Aug 2008 20:40 GMT

> Oops, the subject line is wrong. Changed.

Do not continue to mess up; you only have eight more tries.

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