Posted by finelinebob on January 11, 2007, at 1:30:24
In reply to Re: Stupidist commercial slogans, posted by philyra on January 9, 2007, at 21:56:20
> "Think different."
>
> also grammatically incorrect. should be "think differently."But it made you think, didn't it? Something different for a commecial. Now, if you toss in some punctuation, you could say:
Think "different."
Which would be a grammatically correct imperative insisting that "differentness" come to mind when you engage with the product so-sloganed. But sometimes you just gotta break the rules (which that slogan does, figuratively and literally). I mean, how cool would Star Trek have been if Kirk said:
To go, boldy, where no man has gone before
If you're gonna have a cult classic, sometimes you just gotta split an infinitive.
My vote for worst slogan? "Welcome to the Social"
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