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Is the word "to" going out of fashion

mike65 · 2008-06-03 18:35:03

As in "what happened you" rather than "what happen TO you" which actually makes sense. Mike.

03-06-2008 7:35pm

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As in "what happened you" rather than "what happen TO you" which actually makes sense.

Mike.

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Or "what happened to you?" perhaps?

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#3 04-06-2008 7:51pm

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Doh, but does anyone have the answer.

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#4 05-06-2008 10:04pm

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Regional thing maybe? I haven't noticed it much. Dropping prepositions is a common abbreviation, and while some become pretty much received (I think people would now more often say "attained the age of" rather than "attained to the age of"), just what prepositions are dropped and where varies from group to group.

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#5 21-10-2008 6:24pm

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Seems like it. 'To', indicating the infinitive of a verb, also seems to be going into disuse, with participles now more common. Another one is "to go + participle". "Do you want to go cooking when we get home?"

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