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According to Google Books Ngram Viewer, the first recorded usage of the phrase "for cheap" was noted in 1672, although that could be part of a longer phrase lik
by Stampo00 5y ago
According to Google Books Ngram Viewer, the first recorded usage of the phrase "for cheap" was noted in 1672, although that could be part of a longer phrase like "for cheap food".
Usage peaked in 1876. I'm willing to bet that at least some of that usage mirrors how the author is using it.
In conclusion, "for cheap" has been the "right way to say things" since before either of us were born.
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=for+cheap&year_start=1500&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cfor%20cheap%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=for+cheap&year...
- pbhjpbhj 5y ago>In conclusion, "for cheap" has been the "right way to say things" since [...] // The more people that get it wrong the righter (sic) it is! :eyeroll:
- Stampo00 5y agoWhy aren't you speaking Old English?
- pbhjpbhj 5y agoI'm guessing you're accusing me of prescriptivism -- OE of a bad choice, spelling and grammar were basically anarchy (Latin might have been a better choice?). I'm not a proscriptivist, language use changes but I don't believe majority usage is automatically correct.
- Stampo00 5y agoIf those using the language don't decide what's "correct" (whatever that means), who does? If the person listening can understand the meaning the speaker was trying to convey, that's as correct as it can be. You don't have to like it. But who are you to declare something objectively right or wrong?