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British 'do' in VP ellipsis contexts. For example, "I might do", "I could do" (where Americans would accept only "I might" or "I could").
by foldr 7y ago
British 'do' in VP ellipsis contexts. For example, "I might do", "I could do" (where Americans would accept only "I might" or "I could").
- OJFord 7y ago> VP ellipsis Interesting, didn't know the name for that, thanks! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verb_phrase_ellipsis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verb_phrase_ellipsis > where Americans [...] "I could" Which almost makes me grind my teeth in anticipation of 'care less' following it. (A BrE speaker would say 'could not care less', which has the benefit of, you know, actually making sense! ;))