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Two things, the second linguistic, the first not
Jan 05, 2010 12:58
1) While driving home from the Jacksonville airport today, I saw two separate pickup trucks (not traveling together) sporting the same bumper sticker: a waving American flag covered with the words (
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I have heard it for a very long time
anonymous
January 6 2010, 20:03:17 UTC
... and until your post, never realized it's grammatical weirdness.
But check this out on Language Log, where Geoff Pullum proposes an explanation:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002690.html
---Andrew
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Re: I have heard it for a very long time
lola_granola
January 7 2010, 02:25:11 UTC
Thanks!
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But check this out on Language Log, where Geoff Pullum proposes an explanation:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002690.html
---Andrew
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