How Much Exactly?

I’m not trying to be picky, and I’m far from the picture of perfect grammar, but it bugs me to see statements like this in print:

In the past seven years, Louisville-based Papa John’s International Inc. has made a lot of dough from online ordering — more than $1 billion to be exact.(emphasis mine)

How does one make exactly “more than $1 billion?”

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One Response to “How Much Exactly?”

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   May 8th, 2008 at 10:09 am
   KipEsquire says:
   

   Or the related phenomenon of “Save up to 50% or more.” That makes no sense.