Shocking: Borders in Worse Financial Shape Than I Am

Posted on March 20th, 2008 1:17pm by Eric Celeste
Filed under Local News

Yeah, it’s based in Michigan, but Borders has six Dallas-area stories, including the one I often frequent at Lovers and Greenville. And the company just had to borrow $42.5 million from its largest investor to stay afloat, and it is mulling a sale. In the business press, we call that “murmur.”

10 Comments to “Shocking: Borders in Worse Financial Shape Than I Am”
  • AC @ March 20th, 2008 at 1:24 pm

    Isn’t “often frequent” redundant?

  • Duffy @ March 20th, 2008 at 1:55 pm

    not in this context. “frequent” here is used as a verb and “often” is used as an adverb.

  • Daniel @ March 20th, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    It’s still redundant — in the sense that “rush quickly” would be.

  • dallasnewsgirl @ March 20th, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    Not redundant.

    In this sentence, frequent means “patronize.”

    “often patronize” would be correct, therefore “often frequent” is also correct.

  • Neil @ March 20th, 2008 at 3:54 pm

    If they had left the store at Coit and Arapaho open, they would be fine now, seeing as 1/3rd my paycheck seemed to go there.

  • Daniel @ March 20th, 2008 at 5:22 pm

    It means to patronize often. So it’s a location that Eric “often patronizes often.” Redundant. (Still, only a blogpost.)

  • Nancy Nichols @ March 20th, 2008 at 7:17 pm

    While I have the Department of Redundancy Department’s attention, I would like on ruling on this: sports—mostly hockey–writers sometimes refer to a pass as a “feed pass.” I think a pass is a feed and therefore redundant. My god, I’m turning into Tim.

  • SLR @ March 20th, 2008 at 9:00 pm

    And now I’ve forgotten my PIN number.

  • Sam R @ March 21st, 2008 at 12:28 am

    Nancy,
    Sounds logical, but as you know a “feed pass” in hockey is a specific type of pass where usually a forward in the offensive zone who is stationary either on the low post or the wing passes it to a streaking forward or D coming from the high slot. Result: usually a biscuit in the basket.

  • Michael P. @ March 23rd, 2008 at 11:21 am

    Oh no! I love Borders. Much better than B&N in my opinion. If you’ll excuse me, I need to go buy $42.5 million in books.

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