I lately lost a preposition

[LanDi Liu]

Don't those sound like they're just using "equate" to mean "equal"?  Is this
an eggcorn?

On Feb 6, 2008 6:07 AM, Arnold M. Zwicky <zwicky at csli.stanford.edu> wrote:

> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: I lately lost a preposition
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> On Feb 5, 2008, at 1:16 PM, Andrea Morrow wrote:
>
> > Here is one I saw today on CNN.com:
> >
> > "More data doesn't always equate knowledge."
>
> a few more examples of transitivizing "equate" by losing a preposition
> ("to" or "with"):
>
>   $$ does not equate success in education.
> www.usenet.com/newsgroups/soc.culture.hawaii/msg02012.html
>
>   Having arbitron ratings that equal a thousand or two doesn't equate
> success. I know 19yr olds who earn more $ than this twerp.
> www.voy.com/16831/2/6877.html
>
>   Does money equate happiness for you?
>
> www.generationterrorists.com/cgi-bin/gtpoll/gtpoll.cgi?poll_id=295&action=view
>
>  Independent film doesn't equate quality.
> www.empireonline.com/forum/tm.asp?m=1719341
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>



--
Randy Alexander
Jilin City, China

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org