[Ads-l] Fwd: [VAR-L] She text me

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

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> From: Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at stanford.edu>
> Subject: Re: [VAR-L] She text me
> Date: February 29, 2016 at 9:10:18 AM PST
> To: Dave Sayers <dave.sayers at CANTAB.NET>
> 
> 
>> On Feb 29, 2016, at 8:27 AM, Dave Sayers <dave.sayers at CANTAB.NET> wrote:
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>> I've often heard people say what sounds like "she text me" to mean that she sent me a text message
>> ...but I've never come across any research on this development. Has anyone else?
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> 
> just a posting on my blog:
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> http://arnoldzwicky.org/2008/12/25/whats-the-past-tense-of-the-verb-text/
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