missing

[A. Maberry]

Isn't "go missing" pretty standard British English for "lost"? However "go
to missing" is new to me. Does it occur more than once in the article? If
not, maybe just a printing error for "go missing."

allen
maberry at u.washington.edu

On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Beverly Flanigan wrote:

> I'll add my own query about a new form--new to me at least:
> CNN (I think) had a topic line recently about the journalist who "went
> missing" in Pakistan.  Just a few days later I saw an article in our local
> paper about someone who would periodically "go to missing"--just leaving
> home for a while, apparently.
>
> Has this form been around long? and where?
>
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