It is because these products are cheap, and given people's meager salaries these ersatz goods are often their only option.
I enclose two limp singles, I will make do with this thing till you find me a real Pepys. THEN I will rip up this ersatz book, page by page, AND WRAP THINGS in it.
Unlike an exquisite painting or a strand of natural pearls, both of which tend to survive dinner parties intact, top wines are finite and ersatz bottles are rampant.
Guri was a lethal assassin, capable of killing in the blink of an eye without even raising her ersatz heartbeat.
American developers have been encouraged to build flats around tram stations; British limits on urban sprawl have led to the creation of ersatz villages.
And this solemn, ersatz epic not only misses the boat intellectually but also fails as entertainment.
