I just heard a radio advertisement that included this:
The prices of gold and other precious metals are at an all-time high! In fact, these are the highest prices since the 1980s!
I suppose this is not technically a contradiction, but “highest since the 1980s” strongly implies that they were higher in the 1980s or before.
True but it also makes you wonder if the gold values is really going up or if it is just the next thing to go crazy and then crash from people going crazy over it like real estate a few years ago.
Comment by John Grebe — January 12, 2009 @ 4:53 pm
very stupidly worded. If the clauses where switched it still really doesn’t make sense…”The prices of gold and other precious metals haven’t been this high since the 1980s. In fact, the prices of gold and other precious metals are at an all-time high!” Which is it? They were probably at an all-time high in the 80s and are at a new all-time high now.
Comment by Christopher — January 13, 2009 @ 11:45 am
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