I don't give a rap about your "marketing experience." Your grasp is tenuous at best. . The only only one making a fool of himself here is you. There is no poor grammar in the article, only a willful failure of your understanding. Perhaps your vocabulary needs work.
Do better with it in the future???? Did you bother to even read what I wrote about who writes and edits PatentlyApple? I thought not. You seem to attribute it to me! Absurd!
There now appears to be a coordinated attack on me by Apple thread trolls claiming I am responsible for everything pro-Apple. It's seems ridiculous. I am NOT responsible for your lack of knowledge.. I have provided a logical explanation with defined PROOF from dictionaries showing the usage is correct. What have YOU provided? Your critical, ill informed opinion and Bupkis.
I have worked in the field in the past, been an editor, and done peer review. . . You? "Direct-marketing." Used car salesmen are in direct marketing. . . So are the people who call on the phone selling time-shares. Wheee. You should then know in what neighborhoods your "peak" customers are located. . . and what are the "peak" times to call to find them home. . . And raise their pique at being interrupted at dinner. They may even be graphically displayed for you on a cluster plotted map, with color-coded dots showing which customers have purchased which product, and where. . . and where the "peak" sales of those products occur to help you determine where best to market your products next. SHEESH! This ain't rocket science.
As I said, you are arguing with an economist about something in my field of expertise. . . And although I am no longer practicing, I have NOT forgotten my education. Give it a rest.
You’ve gone from suspected fool to removing all doubt to bloviating troll in the span of a few hours here, Swordmaker. I’ve been a Mac user since 1985 and have participated in many Apple threads, perhaps some posted by you. But, I do not recall such ignorance being trotted out and proudly displayed by you. Don’t worry about me, I’ll make a point of checking to see who posts anything dealing with Apple in the future. If it’s yours, I’ll avoid it like the plague.