Tuesday, July 2, 2013

4 Changes to English...

...so subtle we probably don't know they are happening:
http://m.theweek.com/article.php?id=246098

And what's the deal with the phrase "used to": "I used to exercise."  When did that starting being a thing?  #4 in the article above (the "get-passive") sounds like a similar construction.

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