Language Quote by John Lawler

“Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.” quote by John Lawler — Download Open image

““Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.””

John Lawler

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