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The Truth About Negative Commands (don’t Read This!)

Everyday when I read promotional emails and advertisements, or listen to television commercials and dialogue in shows and movies, or hear people around me in everyday life use commands such as the following examples, I feel dismayed for them.

Oil Prices Continue to Drop

Oil prices continued to drop in early morning trading in markets this morning after reassuring words from Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah that Saudi plans to keep production levels high and take it higher still with renovations on their oil production facilities over the next decade.

Crude Oil Prices Continue To Drop

Light sweet crude oil finished down 42 cents at 54.15 when markets closed today. Brent crude dropped 28 cents. The drops continue from yesterday after Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah assured President Bush that crude oil production would remain high and continue to climb in the months and years ahead.

New All-in-Ones for Lexmark

Lexmark threw out two new inkjet all-in-one printers into the ballgame today. The #2 printer company announced the new P4350 and the X3350 as well as a new line of photo papers.