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Re:Harrison Bergeron (1961) by dublin on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @12:14PM (#32997361)
Google hits reflect popular usage, not proper usage. In many cases (like this one, and the even weirder "snuck") there is a big difference between those two...
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Re:Harrison Bergeron (1961) by faut_reflechir on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @12:51PM (#32997889)
Factoid: "snuck" and "drug" have in common that the irregular conjugation is the non-standard one, but are different in that "snuck" is a neologism of the 19th century whereas "drug" is in fact the older standard form, gradually supplanted by "dragged."
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Re:Harrison Bergeron (1961) by squeaky-clean on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @12:26AM (#33004243)
I'd consider Vonnegut a more legitimate measure of proper usage of English than a dictionary or grammar textbook.
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Re:Harrison Bergeron (1961) by unwise-exe on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @12:57PM (#32997971)
Today's popular usage often is tomorrow's proper usage.

Even if it is sometimes a bit unfortunate.

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