Originally Posted by
aacharya
I'm not missing the point at all. You're the one who highlighted it. I know why UA wrote it the way they did.
To the other poster - from a pure English perspective, "based" may not always mean "corporate HQ", but it is understood to mean that in normal communications, yes. Then again, I can see an article in the Newark Star-Ledger stating "Newark-based United Airlines agrees with PA/NYNJ on new terminal".
No, actually you do not, by your own admission in your first statement. Otherwise why bring it up?
Are you presuming "based" does not mean corporate HQs. Would one prefer to use state of incorporation, or just where aircraft are based.
If you knew why they used such syntax in the first place, you wouldn't have typed your first response. Your own posts contradict each other and still show you missed the nuance in mine re: UNITED's highlighting of Dallas and their attempts to build on a perceived Houston-Dallas rivalry but, of course, ignoring their own "slight" to the city.