--- title: «Only one left!»: shops and adverts — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: ««Only one left!»: shops and adverts», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Ava in Manchester saw a toy with a big red sign: «LAST ONE! --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / «Only one left!»: shops and adverts # «Only one left!»: shops and adverts Lesson 441 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 31 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/0/) — Ava in Manchester saw a toy with a big red sign: «LAST ONE! - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/1/) — HURRY!» She begged Mum till she was nearly crying. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/2/) — Mum said «We'll come back next week, our kid» — in Manchester «our kid» means my brother, my sister or my child. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/3/) — A week later there was still a «last one» on the shelf — and five more in the box underneath. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/4/) — «Last one, my foot,» said Mum. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/5/) — The sign wasn't there to tell Ava something; it was there to hurry her so she would buy before she thought. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/6/) — Adverts are made to sell, not to tell the whole truth. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/7/) — Leo in Ohio watched a toy car on TV zoom up walls and fly off ramps, with screaming happy kids and loud music. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/8/) — On his birthday it crawled across the carpet and fell over. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/10/) — Ramp sold separately.» Mason bought a game because a YouTuber said it was «the best game ever made, no cap» — «no cap» is young slang for «no lie». - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/12/) — The YouTuber had been paid. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/13/) — Some tricks hide in numbers. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/14/) — A market stall in Cape Town said «BUY 2, GET 1 FREE!» Zara's gran did the sums: one cost R20 (twenty rand, South African money) last week, and three now cost R60 — the same as before. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/16/) — A shampoo advert said «97% of women agreed their hair was shinier» — and in tiny writing: «of 34 women asked». - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/18/) — One ugly shirt was 70% off; everything else was 10%. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/19/) — Other tricks are about size and big words. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/21/) — A booking app kept telling Ruby's mum «Only 2 rooms left at this price!» for days, on every computer. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/23/) — Oisin asked who decided. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/26/) — The wise moves are simple. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/27/) — If a shop rushes you, wait a day. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/29/) — Ask «out of how many?» and «who says so?». - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/30/) — Do the sum before you believe «free». - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/31/) — Test second-hand things before you pay. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/32/) — Most adverts aren't exactly lies — they're the best bits made bigger, with the rest in tiny print. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/33/) — Signs like «last one», «only today» and «hurry» are often there to rush you, so you buy before you think. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/34/) — Adverts can use speeded-up film, close-ups and loud music to make a toy look better than it is. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/38/) — A big percentage of a small group means little; always ask «out of how many?». - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/39/) — Anyone can write «best in the world» on a sign; nobody has to test it. - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/41/) — Packaging can make things look bigger than they are; the weight on the label tells the truth. - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/42/) — Things bought from strangers, like at a car boot sale, are hard to return, so test them first. - [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/44/) — Real bargains rarely disappear in a minute; waiting a day is usually safe. - ← previous: [April Fools' Day](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/440-april-fools-day/) - next →: [Politicians and promises, as the news reports them](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)