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Click here to win a luxury weekend for two at the Widget Hotel
Check out our latest animal news stories and win a fab prize!
win a $5000 cash prize and a trip to the States
get a free entry into a prize draw to win a 60gb ipod
Register to win a 7 night dream cruise honeymoon
Enter to win a trip to Vegas!
Enter to Win a Getaway
Register to win a $5000 scholarship
Register To Win A $1000 Scholarship.
enter to win a movie prize package
Enter to win a private Dance Lesson
All of those are real examples (some names changed to protect the guilty). All of them are misleading. Not one of them provides you the promised goods when you enter, click, or register.
winv., won, win·ning, wins.
v.intr.
1. To achieve victory or finish first in a competition.
2. To achieve success in an effort or venture: struggled to overcome the handicap and finally won.
cf.
gam·blev., -bled, -bling, -bles.
v.intr.
1.
1. To bet on an uncertain outcome, as of a contest.
2. To play a game of chance for stakes.
2. To take a risk in the hope of gaining an advantage or a benefit.
3. To engage in reckless or hazardous behavior: You are gambling with your health by continuing to smoke.
Anyway I posted it here partly because all those examples I listed are from websites and were probably put their by webmasters :)
The word win only applies to the winner... that's why it should always be written "click here to have a chance to win" or "if you would like a chance to win..." (note chance to being offered, not winning itself). Maybe I've been working too long today :)
