Terry Hancock wrote: > On Friday 07 October 2005 03:44 pm, Steve Holden wrote: > >>Precisely because there *is* such a thing as a saving. If I buy a $100 >>gumball for $80 I have achieved a saving of 20%. > > > Nope, that's incorrect American. ;-) > > You can say "I bought a $100 gumball for $80, saving 20%," or > "If I buy a $100 gumball for $80, I have achieved a savings of 20%." > > (Although, you lose points for style with "achieved", and those > are awfully expensive gumballs). ;-) > I must have been working at NASA at the time; they are well known for embiggening prices.
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