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I just read an article in my local paper about someone who "went missing". That used to be a regional speech quirk. Is it now considered acceptable English? There it was in print. How about just plain old "missing"?
I just read an article in my local paper about someone who "went missing". That used to be a regional speech quirk. Is it now considered acceptable English? There it was in print. How about just plain old "missing"?
That is actually a British idiom that has made its way to America. It's not really incorrect, although you are not the only one to find it irksome.
I just read an article in my local paper about someone who "went missing". That used to be a regional speech quirk. Is it now considered acceptable English? There it was in print. How about just plain old "missing"?
First heard that expression years ago on NYPD Blue. The local news people use it all the time now.
First heard that expression years ago on NYPD Blue. The local news people use it all the time now.
I first became aware of it on Cold Cases. I wondered why they were saying that and even though I hear it in many more places now, it still sounds strange.
I'm not sure whether or not this is regional but realized some time ago how odd a phrase is that was not at all uncommon where I grew up.
I've never been able to determine any logical part of speech it would be when parsing a sentence.
Example : "Wait up " as in "Wait up for me"
"I highly recommend getting you shoes resolved with the vibrams"
Ignoring the obvious, we have an example of "just a letter away but a mile from correct."
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