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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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did or was

Are any of these sentences correct? How would you have asked this?
Where did the expression get coined?
Where was the expression coined?

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Anonymous Where did the expression get coined? Anonymous Where was the expression coined? They're both correct.

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  • Anonymous Where did the expression get coined?
  • Anonymous Where was the expression coined?
  • They're both correct.
  • The first is casual (with "get") and the second is more formal.
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AnonymousWhere did the expression get coined?
AnonymousWhere was the expression coined?
They're both correct.
The first is casual (with "get") and the second is more formal.
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