X to Y : Plato to NATO, Monkeys to Junkies (Was Re: Rocks for Jocks, etc.)

[Neal Whitman]

So, it looks like the shortening of "from X to Y" down to just "X to Y" that
I asked about exactly two years ago has been going on since at least 1980.

The 2008 thread began with:
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804D&L=ADS-L&P=R12523&X=711C143820D77CD6CF&Y=nwhitman%40ameritech.net

Neal

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