They cotton on late these experts of the corpus, since the late century
(the 19th) it is recorded as common usage in the North parts of the UK
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palma, a paolo shaul םֹשׁ ְרֵגּ
Er selbst bevorzugte undurchdringlich Klarheit
On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 7:26 AM Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am not, but Merriam Webster has taken notice of the fact that "get" and
'ask' are being used as nouns.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/a-take-on-the-phrase-good-get
On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 5:16 PM Torgeir Fjeld <t.fjeld1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear all,
Reading the news, the following linguistic innovation offered itself:
May’s official spokeswoman said: “This is obviously a unique European
council specifically focused on Brexit. The PM set out a clear ask in terms
of an extension and it is important that she set out the rationale for
that.”
(
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/08/theresa-may-resume-talks-labour-find-brexit-compromise
)
Is anyone here familiar with the noun "ask" and its present usage (as per
corpus based approaches, over and against the Chomskeians)?
Mvh. / Yours sincerely,
Torgeir Fjeld
https://torgeirfjeld.com/
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