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 Sat Mar 10, 2007 16:24 pm meaning of "sold out for good" |
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What part do you not understand? The phrases in parentheses paraphrase the preceding phrases.
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| Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:51 am meaning of "sold out for good" |
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| Mister Micawber wrote: | .
What part do you not understand? The phrases in parentheses paraphrase the preceding phrases.
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Particularly (the bold group of words)
Also, in this (If someone sells out of a product, that means they have sold them all, so there are no more left)
Here, someone sells out of a product looks like present tense
But its explanation (that means they have sold them all, so there are no more left) looks like past tense
So, here also I am confused.
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| Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:55 am meaning of "sold out for good" |
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I agree that the tense use is rather sloppy in the excerpt you have presented to us.
'We are out' = we have no product remaining
'We are sold out for now' = we temporarily and at the moment have no product remaining
'We are sold out for good' = we have no product remaining and will never have any product until the Universe ends.
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