On the margins

Posted by David FG on October 04, 2004

In Reply to: On the margins posted by Brian from Shawnee on October 04, 2004

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: : : Need help:

: : : The terms of the deal will change on the margins.

: : : What does "change on the margins" mean here?
: : : Thanks!

: : On the periphery - the minor details, not central to the deal, will change.

: : DFG

: If I may say so, I believe an American would use the word "marginally" instead of "on the margins". The latter sounds distinctly British to me.

I agree it is in British use - I hadn't realised that it would not be used in the US(?)

DFG

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