I heard an advertisement on the radio for local univeristy. They said, "Conjure us up online at ..... Is that used correctly? When I looked it up, it didn't seem to be correct. Yet, my husband says he has seen it used that way before. Have any of you?

I'm not sure. The conjury is still out on that one.

Sounds a bit awkward but I can't actually see anything wrong with it. I'll think about it and see what I can conjure up.

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"conjure us up online at...."


Nope! I would say that is wrong. Without doing a lot of looking, conjure brings to mind something you invent, maybe by magic. Unless they don't have a web site and you have to create it, "conjure it up", for them, then I would say this usage is wrong.

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Originally posted by Morgan:
"conjure us up online at...."


Nope! I would say that is wrong. Without doing a lot of looking, conjure brings to mind something you invent, maybe by magic. Unless they don't have a web site and you have to create it, "conjure it up", for them, then I would say this usage is wrong.

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I think they mean it metaphorically. The internet is like magic. Hit the button - hey presto, a new site appears out of thin air, cyber-rabbits from a virtual hat.


I still think the phrase sounds a little clumsy though.

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