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Old 14-Mar-2007, 13:56
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Originally Posted by Casiopea View Post
OK. No argument here, but how do we account for it - given that it is used that way?
It is accounted for in the same way that many other popular but grammatically unsound phrases are. Most people simply use the language with very little thought given to the structure or grammar. It is only a small bunch of weird folk like us that discuss things like this!
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