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No, it actually means "everything else" happened, except disappearing. The usage in the title is wrong, IMHO, but I aḿ not a native speaker. (Though I would bet
by js8 3y ago
No, it actually means "everything else" happened, except disappearing. The usage in the title is wrong, IMHO, but I aḿ not a native speaker. (Though I would bet there is David Mitchell video out there ranting about this topic.)
- the_mitsuhiko 3y agoWhy wrong? The website is still up. There are remnants still around.
- RugnirViking 3y agoYou're correct, but the specific usage "all but disappeared" is used in English in this case to mean it has declined so much that there is almost nothing left (everything bad has happened to it, the only thing left is for it to be gone completely). Like right now I would say the snow we had last week has all but disappeared, because there technically are small piles where people had shoveled it or built snowmen, but it has functionally gone. Mitchell is funny but I doubt he ranted about this one because it strikes me as old-timey and posh, and he tends to rant about new things ;)
- BobaFloutist 3y agoNope! It means it got as close to disappearing as possible without fully disappearing.