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 On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 23:03:21 +0100, Norman Wells  wrote: 
  
  
 > 
 >It seems to me that the above definitions support my position rather 
 >than detract from it. 
 > 
 >Indeed, the Cambridge dictionary the venerable Mr Goodge quoted is the 
 >very one I quoted from and gave a reference to for the definition of 
 >'advertisement'. 
  
 Norman, you snipped my link to the Cambridge Dictionary, and then made a 
 statement which directly contradicts the wording to be found at the end of 
 that link. Your motivation for doing so is, of course, known only to you, 
 but it's hard to avoid the presumption that it wasn't the result of total 
 incompetance then it must be deliberate duplicity. 
  
 Anyway, these are the two defuintions the Cambridge Dictionary gives for the 
 verb, advertise: 
  
   - to make something known generally or in public, especially in order to 
     sell it 
  
   - to make something generally known 
  
 The first of those is closer to your assertion, but even that doesn't mean 
 it's always only for the sake of seling, merely that that that's typically 
 how the word is used. the second directly controdicts your assertion. 
  
 >  So, not only was that not 'my imagined definition' at 
 >all, but theirs, but is in fact the definition of the word actually used 
 >in the relevant law, which is of course: 
 > 
 >The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) 
 >Regulations 20. 
 > 
 >The clue is in the name. 
  
 The Regulations are a Statutory Instrument which apply their parent 
 legislation. The parent legislation, which is referenced in the Regulations, 
 includes the statutory definition of an advertisement. 
  
 I'll continue this discussion with you when you can demonstrate that you 
 have actually resd and comprehended that definition. 
  
 Mark 
  
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