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Old 05-16-2018, 08:02 PM   #169
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I take it embargo is your way of saying NDA? Why use 7 letters when 3 is shorter and more precise?
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I have signed an NDA

I am under an embargo

they seem to require the same number of characters
Hmm... not counting the spaces, your NDA phrase required 16 characters including an unneeded n while your embargo phrase required 17. If you changed to "I signed a NDA", even fewer characters are needed and no clarity is lost.

BTW, you hit one of my pet peeves. I tend to reserve embargo for such things as "Iran is under an oil embargo" and not "My parents embargoed me from going to the mall with my friends".

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