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Njimko_4 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
"On" tomorrow
0 Here in the Southern US, I have started to hear the phrases "on tomorrow", "on yesterday", and "on today". These are primarily being used by my African American friends. To me, today, tomorrow, and yesterday used as adverbs need no preposition. 02 br
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00 In my way of thinking, "We were at the store on Wednesday" and "We were at the store on yesterday" are not equivalent. 02 br
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00 Has anyone else experienced this phenomenon? Am I right, or over zealous? 02 br
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00 btw: I am also on a personal crusade to bring back the proper use of the adverb. Sentences like "Don't take it personal" drives me to to drink. Our poor friend -ly gets shafted frequent-ly. 0-
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00 In my way of thinking, "We were at the store on Wednesday" and "We were at the store on yesterday" are not equivalent. 02 br
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00 Has anyone else experienced this phenomenon? Am I right, or over zealous? 02 br
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00 btw: I am also on a personal crusade to bring back the proper use of the adverb. Sentences like "Don't take it personal" drives me to to drink. Our poor friend -ly gets shafted frequent-ly. 0-
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0 Hello Njimko, and welcome to English Forums. 02 br 02 br 00 I haven't been back to Dixie for almost twenty years now, so I have not noticed this particular phenomenon. It is, however, understandable: the transferance of acceptability from one form ('on Wednesday', 'on the weekend') to a similar structure ('on yesterday').
- 0 Hello Njimko, and welcome to English Forums.
- 02 br 02 br 00 I haven't been back to Dixie for almost twenty years now, so I have not noticed this particular phenomenon.
- It is, however, understandable: the transferance of acceptability from one form ('on Wednesday', 'on the weekend') to a similar structure ('on yesterday').
- Today the first pair are acceptable in standard AmE, while the other one is not, but in a few years it may be acceptable as well.
- 02 br 02 br 00 Feel free to defend and preserve '-ly'.
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0 Hello Njimko, and welcome to English Forums. 02 br
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00 I haven't been back to Dixie for almost twenty years now, so I have not noticed this particular phenomenon. It is, however, understandable: the transferance of acceptability from one form ('on Wednesday', 'on the weekend') to a similar structure ('on yesterday'). Today the first pair are acceptable in standard AmE, w
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00 I haven't been back to Dixie for almost twenty years now, so I have not noticed this particular phenomenon. It is, however, understandable: the transferance of acceptability from one form ('on Wednesday', 'on the weekend') to a similar structure ('on yesterday'). Today the first pair are acceptable in standard AmE, w
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