[Ads-l] "come" in time expressions

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

> On Nov 25, 2019, at 7:40 AM, Joan Hall <00000876364530cf-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> wrote:
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> DARE has a related sense:
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> 4 come + (a number of years): To approach, be close to. [exx. follow]

Interesting semantic specialization of the *verb* "come" with numerical age expressions, and morphosyntactically specialized as well (apparenty, only in in PSP form, indeed only in the progressive construction), but very much a verb.

Arnold

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