attribute . . . as"

James Harbeck jharbeck at SYMPATICO.CA
Tue Dec 15 23:18:03 UTC 2009


This is, alas, not the first time I have seen it. Apparently many
current speakers haven't seen it often enough to have assimilated the
standard argument structure. This version is a bit of tinfoil on my
fillings too. But watch it creep into standard usage.

James Harbeck.

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