[Ads-l] preposition

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Fri Jul 14 03:27:38 UTC 2017


> On Jul 12, 2017, at 4:44 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
> 
> a classic band going back to the 60s

On the basis of sightings of many similar uses elsewhere, my impression is that _classic_ has come to mean, "You haven't heard of it, but I have." 😜


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