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Old 03-10-2016, 01:31 PM   #1
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I just received an email from Penguin Books that made me shudder slightly.

The email title was "Books that hadn’t existed, until now". What was wrong with "New books for March" or "Newly published books"

It's worse than finding misused apostrophes and not what I expect from such a well-known publishing house.
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Old 03-10-2016, 01:39 PM   #2
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I like the title. It's quirky, and that's nice to see from a big company.
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Old 03-10-2016, 01:52 PM   #3
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I like the title. It's quirky, and that's nice to see from a big company.
^that.

I find it actually more fitting than "New books for $month". It isn't as if said new books were unsuitable for being read at any later month.
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Old 03-10-2016, 01:59 PM   #4
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Wouldn't "Books that couldn't be purchased, until now" be more accurate, though?
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Old 03-10-2016, 05:21 PM   #5
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I like my 'Faulkner Description' much better:

"It (the book, the anthology) had not yet arrived, could not be purchased during that time (this month, this March); yet, having said that (or written it, rather), it (again: the book, the anthology) will be much celebrated, if not lampooned for being released (for having been released; about to be released; the as-yet-not-now-released) in a not-being anthology comprised of a scintilating and languid prose style that encompass (surrounds, envelops, harbors) a new beginning for writers (artists, hacks, authors) in this much-heralded, but not yet released book which is now available for the discerning few."
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