In the UK, we pay roughly these same numbers but in pounds, which makes the range from Office standard to Office Ultimate at a well known discount outlet $658 to $966. I have no idea of the "official" prices.
Seems to sit rather nicely in the sevenish to tennish definition. I know you were talking about US prices, but I think the rest of world pays prices similar to those in the UK. Graham 2008/6/26 Jim Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > NoOp wrote: > >> Really? >> >> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/FX101754511033.aspx >> >> 2007 Office Suites >> Estimated Retail Price/Upgrade Price >> Office Home and Student 2007 $149.95/NA >> Office Standard 2007 $399.95/$239.95 >> Office Small Business 2007 $449.95/$279.95 >> Office Professional 2007 $499.95/$329.95 >> Office Ultimate 2007 $679.95/$539.95 >> >> And yes, I'm aware that you can buy for less, however these are the >> "official" MS estimated retail prices. >> > > Well, I would say that $449.95 would would be a "few" hundred dollars, not > "several" hundred dollars. > > I could be wrong. Some dictionaries say that "several" means more than > "two" or "three". But they also say it means more than "few", which some > dictionaries say means "more than two". > > So yes, if in your idiolect "several" means about 5, then I freely admit > the statement was correct. > > In my idiolect, in the domain of actual numbers, "few" usually means > "fivish" (actually probably a quantity more than a "couple" and less than > "seven") while "several" usually means "sevenish" (possibly somewhere > between "six" and "ten" inclusive). I am quite aware that there is no > etymological connections between "few" and "five" or between "several" and > "seven" and have looked on the apparent agreement between these forms as an > interesting coincidence. > > So what seemed to me to be a needless exageration of the cost of Microsoft > Office almost certainly wasn't. > > Jim Allan > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
