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Originally Posted by HarryT
I think most of us would agree that if someone says "you're getting a bonus", there is a reasonable expectation of the part of the listener that it will be something beneficial to them. If we go with the "unexpected extra material" definition we could say that things like advertising in TV programmes are a "bonus", which would, I suspect, be an unpopular viewpoint  . |
If we go with
unexpected extra materiel. then TV commercials cannot be a bonus as we expect them. Also, a bonus that's advertised as a bonus cannot be a bonus as we expect it.