What's the meaning of price-wise? Can you please use it in a sentence and tell me the meaning?
Thanks a lot!
I'll tell you the context in which I found it. It was an interview:
***** NOT A TEACHER *****
Hello,
Just thought that you would like this example from A Treasury for Word Lovers (1983) by Morton S. Freeman, pages 321 - 322:
He says that people should not write (or even say) sentences like "Pricewise, we
have received no complaints from anyone." He recommends a sentence like "No
one has complained about our prices."
*****
Most teachers and books criticize this use of -wise. Others accept it only in
conversation or very informal writing -- and not too often. Still, there are people
(such as I) who have no problem with it.
Here is a bad example of mine:
News-wise, the [the name of a British newspaper] is not very good, but it's great
if you are looking for a photograph every day of a beautiful young lady!
[That newspaper publishes daily the photograph of some young lady who is not
fully clothed! Some people buy the newspaper for the photograph. They do not
care that the newspaper does not carry much serious news.]
James
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