PLEASE! I just finished breakfast. It's an abomination, not a hypercorrection.
In addition to being an egregious insult to the Buckinghams’ pop song from the 70s...
or what?
What can you expect?
the Buckinghams’ pop song from the 70s
???i'm sort've confused
My mistake, it was in 1967 that the Buckinghams recorded "Kind Of A Drag"
"Hush" by Deep Purple in 1968 and there was a less famous version by Billy Joe (Down in the Boondocks) Royal in 1967
Edit: However, if the past is any indication, it's entirely possible that I'm the one who's missed more than something.
He hoo remains foolish, fairly happy & undaunted, O’bow
heh. I was thinking of, "there's a kind of hush, all over the world..."
by not sure who...
edit: ah. Herman's Hermits. I loved those guys. "Mrs. Brown you've got a lovely daughter..."
I used to love that song...sigh--the one with the 'of' and not the 've.
an abomination, not a hypercorrection
Perhaps I should of been more specific in my reference.
so, should the contraction be: kind'f and sort'f?...
Oughtn't that to be kinda and sorta?
There's at least 1k ghits that have all three versions: kind've, kinda, and kind of.
http://tinyurl.com/4r5pf
Is kind'f/sort'f a closed set, et'?
Nagh...there's apart'f. Any others that are apart'f this set?
apart'f
I allus thought that was a little drink after dinner...
I think you're all making too much've this issue. Our language is flexible; that the glory've it.
Ron.
I suppose even EB White, proto-descriptivist that he was, would of drawn the line at 've, despite the below:
"The living language is like a cow-path: it is the creation of the cows themselves, who, having created it, follow it or depart from it according to their whims or their needs. From daily use, the path undergoes change. A cow is under no obligation to stay."
-E.B. White, writer (1899-1985)
Do you need something splained, TEd?
must a been one a them magnetic postings...
Faldage: click your link, and you you will find your post is number four on the Google Hit Parade.