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by wahern
2275 days ago
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Here's a good thread on the issue, with Google Ngram evidence for the original phrase (we know which one that is ;), and another post with a hypothesis, echoed in a couple of subsequent posts, for the emergence of the rephrasing: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/283149/when-did-... That rephrasing hypothesis is the best I've seen yet, but still not especially persuasive. |
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