Cathy wants to sell her sofa set. She needs to draft an advertisement for this purpose.
Which of the following should she NOT include in the advertisement?
A. Sale
B. Purchase
C. Number of items
D. Price expected

Hint: An advertisement can be defined by any notice or announcement in a public medium that promotes a product, service or event or publicizes a job vacancy or a matrimonial proposal. Advertisingis needed as it helps to introduce and increase sales of new products/services, create a brand, communicate any changes in the product line or to give requirements for a particular product/service.

Complete step by step answer:
1. In order to find the word which will not be included in the advertisement, we have to check each option one by one so that we can detect the correct option.
2. We must keep in mind that the question is asking us to choose the word that is NOT included in an advertisement. For this, we first have to know what type of words will come in this particular advertisement.
3. Words like ‘Sale’, ‘Number of items’ and ‘Price expected’ are usually used in advertisements that are concerned with selling of a particular product. We know that the question given to us is asking to choose the word that is NOT included in the above advertisements. Thus, these three options viz, Option A (Sale), Option C (Number of items) and Option D (Price expected) are incorrect.
4. Since, this is a sales advertisement (regarding selling), words like buying and purchase shouldn’t be included in it. This is because ‘buying’ will become irrelevant to the context. In a proper advertisement only important and relevant information is published. That means the word ‘Purchase’ should NOT be included in the advertisement.

Therefore, the correct answer to this question is option B.

Note:
Advertisements can be for various purposes. A few of those purposes include employment, marriage, accommodation, real-estate, vehicles, lost and found reports, missing reports, name change, tours and travels etc. Most conventional form of advertisement we usually see in the newspapers, but in modern times we can see ample advertisements on digital platforms too.