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I’ve noticed that “presently” (in the meaning “soon”) is one such indicator for post-WWII English. British novels written in the 1950s consistently use “presen
by pavlov 6y ago
I’ve noticed that “presently” (in the meaning “soon”) is one such indicator for post-WWII English.
British novels written in the 1950s consistently use “presently” to indicate a short passage of time. In the following decades it seems to have been removed from editors’ style guides and replaced mostly by plain old “soon”.
- MivLives 6y agoWonder what other words that could be found that do something similar.
- milquetoastaf 6y agoYou may enjoy this article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hapax_legomenon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hapax_legomenon