prefixtual

[Benjamin Zimmer]

>From James J. Kilpatrick's syndicated column:

"Over the past 200 years, the prefixtual trend for adjectives of
opposition has moved steadily in favor of 'in.'"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucjk/20060213/cm_ucjk/theinscrutablemrgreenspan
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=269532&Category=14

(Jocular pseudo-learnedism, or genuine stupidism? You decide.)


--Ben Zimmer

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