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You said it's not a thing. It is, in fact, a thing. I've heard it and said it often enough to be sure it's not so uncommon that it's reasonable to say it's not

by mkr-hn 4y ago

You said it's not a thing. It is, in fact, a thing. I've heard it and said it often enough to be sure it's not so uncommon that it's reasonable to say it's not a thing. You also need to keep in mind what Google Ngram is. https://books.google.com/ngrams/info https://books.google.com/ngrams/info >> "When you enter phrases into the Google Books Ngram Viewer, it displays a graph showing how those phrases have occurred in a corpus of books (e.g., "British English", "English Fiction", "French") over the selected years." It's a collection of books. Books remain relevant, but it tells you nothing of usage outside that. You only have to run a search on Google to see that it's used in a wide range of unrelated contexts. It's not some obscure anachronism or regionalism.

rootusrootus 4y ago
Much like how irregardless is now considered a thing. One of these days "mute point" will be a thing too :). I better not look that up, maybe it already is. I often wonder what people think they're saying when they misuse phrases like that.
- mkr-hn 4y ago
  Grow weary (tired of) and grow wary (suspicious of/concerned about) are different things though. Irregardless is a modification of the already useful regardless. I'm not sure how they're comparable.
snozolli 4y ago
It is, in fact, a thing It isn't. "Grow weary of" is a common phrase. "Grow wary of" are words you can put together, but it's not a common phrase. I've already posted all the evidence needed, and I grow weary of this misguided argument.
- mkr-hn 4y ago
  Your lack of familiarity with the phrase and misunderstanding your own source does not actually prove anything. Here, I'll give you a head start on doing what I suggested. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22grow+wary%22 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22grow+wary%22 That sure looks like a phrase used across a wide range of contexts and unconnected fields, too wide to support any notion that it's obscure. There's even a non-English news outlet using it in its English coverage.

by mkr-hn 4y ago

rootusrootus 4y ago

Much like how irregardless is now considered a thing. One of these days "mute point" will be a thing too :). I better not look that up, maybe it already is. I often wonder what people think they're saying when they misuse phrases like that.

mkr-hn 4y ago
Grow weary (tired of) and grow wary (suspicious of/concerned about) are different things though. Irregardless is a modification of the already useful regardless. I'm not sure how they're comparable.

snozolli 4y ago

It is, in fact, a thing It isn't. "Grow weary of" is a common phrase. "Grow wary of" are words you can put together, but it's not a common phrase. I've already posted all the evidence needed, and I grow weary of this misguided argument.

mkr-hn 4y ago
Your lack of familiarity with the phrase and misunderstanding your own source does not actually prove anything. Here, I'll give you a head start on doing what I suggested. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22grow+wary%22 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22grow+wary%22 That sure looks like a phrase used across a wide range of contexts and unconnected fields, too wide to support any notion that it's obscure. There's even a non-English news outlet using it in its English coverage.