When I was younger people met each other.
They only met with an accident.
Now they meet with each other
as well as accidents.
When I was younger, people debated with each other
or others. Now they debate each other or others.
Today I heard an American say that
she taught with her pupils, which seems to me
impossible.
There are other examples. This is not a grump.
Language-change and evolution are inevitable,
but I think the 'freedom of prepositions'
peculiar to the USA is due to immigration –
a dastardly consequence not yet called out
(or up) by Donald Trump.
1 comment:
Of course one can escape something and escape from something, but the meanings are slightly different: he escaped infection; he escaped from prison.
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