Re: observable language change - "off of" makes it to the NY Times
- From: "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:28:46 -0700 (PDT)
On Aug 11, 7:11 pm, analys...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Aug 11, 5:42 pm, "benli...@xxxxxxxxxx" <benli...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Genuine "off of" is attested from the 15th century on.
Where?
King James Bible? Shakespeare? MIlton?
Is it that you don't know the dates of the KJV, Shakespeare, and
Milton; or that you don't know the meaning of "15th century"?
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