TheParser
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I have just learned a new verb. Here is a sentence written by (presumably) a female British journalist:
"I rooted in my bag for something that could pass as a birthday present for a 6-year-old."
I assume that an American would have written "searched."
Is "rooted" in that sense still widely used in the United Kingdom?
THANK YOU
"I rooted in my bag for something that could pass as a birthday present for a 6-year-old."
I assume that an American would have written "searched."
Is "rooted" in that sense still widely used in the United Kingdom?
THANK YOU