Charles Schwab has yet another commercial where a sentence, and in this instance two sentences, ends in a preposition. The beginning of the "Financial Consultant" spot has the financial consultant saying that he does not like being "sold to."
I was a real estate salesperson for 13 years. I never sold someone a house. I helped them purchase a home. I helped market a home. I helped negotiate the sale of a home. I sold my skills as a marketer and a negotiator.
The two lines in question could have been:
When I invested with a broker I wanted to be advised how to balance my trades. I did not like being pushed into an investment. I wanted to be guided to a successful financial destination.
What attributes do you want in a financial consultant?
What kind of investment advice do you want to receive?
This is evidently a new tagline: "What kind of broker are you looking for?" I wrote a previous column on this same tagline. You can find that brief article using the link in the previous sentence.
I am looking for more examples of poor grammar in advertising.
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