The Awful Expression "Free Gift" Turns Up in an Unlikely Place
Even the marketing departments of esteemed publications like Vanity Fair toss around the heinous expression "free gift."by Dave SegalYou, too, Vanity Fair? Dave Segal
Leafing through a recent issue of the best-smelling [sic] magazine Vanity Fair in The Stranger's office, I came upon a blow-in subscription card for the ritzy publication. On said blow-in, in all caps, are the misguided words FREE GIFT. I griped about this and other redundant phrases in a Slog post that drew a lot of ire back in th
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