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Old 01-11-2015, 03:34 AM   #90
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Originally Posted by howyoudoin View Post
You just know that salaried people would stop thumping the dictionary when they get boiled confectionary as their annual "bonus" at work. You would see the pedantry wooshing out the window in real time.
I fail to see the comparison.

Assuming it is indeed a "bonus" according to Pedant Law, the employers have the right to call it that... and the employees have the right to consider it as a valueless "bonus", on a personal level.

I think my explanation does a lot to clarify things though. There is an obvious reason why excerpts fit the definition of "bonus", and it also serves to explain why boiled confectionery "bonuses" are not.
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