What Not to Do With a Range

rogersgeorge on December 26th, 2021

Recruiters talk about a minimum of 2 to 5 years experience. So what’s the minimum? 2 years, 5 years, or not? This is incorrect use of a range.

Here’s another example; the kid quotes a badly written advertisement. Is the limit 50% or is the limit more?

https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2015/04/26

So if you’re going to write a range of something , be careful not to contradict it with a mismatching, contradictory limit.

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