OT: linguistic mis-usages (was Re: Remove subject)

2015-05-15 Thread The Wanderer
On 05/15/2015 at 07:35 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 09:16:17AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: Since we're well off-topic already, I can't resist citing a rather similar and increasingly prevalent negative usage that makes no sense. I quite often read the phrase: the

Re: OT: linguistic mis-usages (was Re: Remove subject)

2015-05-15 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 15 May 2015, The Wanderer wrote: On 05/15/2015 at 07:35 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 09:16:17AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: Since we're well off-topic already, I can't resist citing a rather similar and increasingly prevalent negative usage that makes no