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"Is reflective of"

  • 14-03-2015 11:09am
    #1
    Yakuza
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,141 ✭✭✭


    Did I miss a memo? Since when has this become a thing? (Meta-question; since when did things becoming things become a thing)?.

    I've heard (or perhaps, more accurately, noticed) this a lot more recently, with politicians and colleagues using it (and not sparingly).

    I know it's grammatically correct etc., but to me the phrases "x reflects y" or "x is a reflection of y" sounds much more natural and less stilted than "x is reflective of y".

    Opinions / thoughts?


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