tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post4751293911261555724..comments2023-09-21T06:15:03.099-07:00Comments on Conjugate Visits: As You're Curious ... (On 'as' as 'because')June Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-29616208493385727352009-02-13T17:02:00.000-08:002009-02-13T17:02:00.000-08:00Acceptability raises the question: acceptable to w...Acceptability raises the question: acceptable to whom? Since there's no one language boss, we can decide to follow whichever authority/ies we respect enough to make these calls (or none at all, I suppose).<BR/><BR/>I notice a lot of words that, like this flavor of "as," get more use in ink than in speech. "Idyllic" and "bucolic" come to mind. I've noticed others that have the same gaudy and archaic qualities you mentioned, but I can't think of any right now. <BR/><BR/>It's just a fact of the language that certain words and terms show up more in writing while others are spoken a lot but never written. <BR/><BR/>Stuff like that makes English fun and interesting to me!June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-89090924058498102882009-02-13T13:50:00.000-08:002009-02-13T13:50:00.000-08:00It may be recognized by our dictionaries, but is i...It may be recognized by our dictionaries, but is it really acceptable? At what point can we consider this usage deprecated?<BR/><BR/>I mean "as you are late, I'll dock your pay" will never be spoken by an ordinate to his subordinate. I'm not saying that that usage does not occur in the real world, as it does. However, it is almost never spoken, as it sounds gaudy and archaic. <BR/><BR/>It seems to appear primarily in email.Digitizdathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18374214020749242731noreply@blogger.com