[Ads-l] "unclear of the concept"

[Mark Mandel]

That makes sense to me.

MAM

On Sun, Mar 6, 2022, 10:43 AM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

> I would say it's more a case of leveling--not an eggcorn since there's no
> folk-etymological "story" the "of" would be in service to (in service
> of?).  It's something I've noticed over the 70+ years I've been observing
> language, the replacement of other prepositions by "of", the least marked.
> Another example is "bored of", which for me is still "bored with". Some of
> you will have your own examples. I've heard, and probably used, "unclear
> about the concept" as well as "on the concept", but the substitution by
> "of" isn't unexpected.
>
> LH
>
> On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 10:37 AM Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:
>
> > Here's an instance of "unclear of the concept," where in my ideolect I'd
> > use "unclear *on* the concept."
> >
> > Eggcorn? Variant? What's the defining difference between the two? Is it
> > a reanalysis or a substitution?
> >
> > https://www.gocomics.com/theknightlife/2022/03/06
> >
> > ---Amy West
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