Re: spoken & written usag

Subject: Re: spoken & written usag
From: Marilynne Smith <m -dot- smith182 -at- GENIE -dot- GEIS -dot- COM>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 04:05:00 UTC

>> "goes" or "go" instead of "said." <snip> how . . . will it (use of goes
>> and go) be reflected in future dictionaries

Websters will report it as a new usage and American Heritage will report it
as slang.

Marilynne
m -dot- smith182 -at- genie -dot- geis -dot- com


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