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Originally Posted By: zmjezhdit's not back-formed from postpone? I see on the other words board ..., Faldo has asked after prepone.
And it looks like I've gotten an answer. The estimable languagehat has proclaimed it to be from Indian English. It was seen earlier in American English but the source of the modern usage is Indian English. And if languagehat says it, I'm prepared (or even postpared) to believe it.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted RE: Back-formations RGanesh 04/26/10 04:46 AM Re: RE: Back-formations Faldage 04/26/10 10:46 AM Re: RE: Back-formations zmjezhd 04/26/10 12:54 PM Re: RE: Back-formations Buffalo Shrdlu 04/26/10 06:59 PM Re: RE: Back-formations zmjezhd 04/26/10 08:21 PM Re: RE: Back-formations olly 04/26/10 09:40 PM Re: RE: Back-formations Faldage 04/27/10 12:22 AM Re: RE: Back-formations beck123 04/27/10 12:38 AM Re: RE: Back-formations Buffalo Shrdlu 04/27/10 02:03 PM Re: RE: Back-formations Sandman 04/27/10 05:50 AM Re: RE: Back-formations zmjezhd 04/27/10 11:35 AM Re: RE: Back-formations Stevo 04/27/10 11:34 AM Re: RE: Back-formations Mike Vargo 04/29/10 01:02 PM Re: RE: Back-formations goofy 04/29/10 02:02 PM Re: RE: Back-formations kah454 04/30/10 08:47 PM Re: RE: Back-formations wockstar 04/27/10 10:07 PM Re: RE: Back-formations sentra 04/28/10 08:32 AM Re: RE: Back-formations zmjezhd 04/28/10 01:15 PM
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