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


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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