Klarinet Archive - Posting 000955.txt from 1999/05

From: CEField@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Coughy or ti?
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 07:41:48 -0400

In a message dated 5/20/99 7:08:08 AM, SDSCHWAEG@-----.com writes:

<<<< My favorite lately is constructions like, "It needs repaired." I am
seeing
and hearing this far too often lately. >>>>

While I am sensitive to language, I remind myself that language evolves.
There are countless idioms and colloquialisms. As a writer, I try to be
careful not to "corrupt" the language, but someday "It needs repaired" might
be an acceptable expression. In fact, didn't Hamlet address this very
expression when he said, "To be or not to be, that is the question?"

Cindy

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