Alice,
There are a few expressions which have crept into Australian English (goodness knows from where) that really bug the pedants. These include such phrases as:
- "growing an economy", where the verb "to grow" seems to have replaced those such as: to develop, improve, increase, enlarge, advance, expand, etc. I've even heard it used with reference to "growing the audience numbers"
- "ahead of" has replaced: prior to, before - "in back of" has replaced: after, following, behind. Just thoughts, David in Ballarat To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
