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Not a linguist but a writer here who loves language. I'm seeing a lot of folks dropping articles. It's also becoming quite common to eliminate pronouns at the
by DanielBMarkham 11y ago
Not a linguist but a writer here who loves language.
I'm seeing a lot of folks dropping articles. It's also becoming quite common to eliminate pronouns at the beginning of sentences, i.e., instead of "I went down to the store" you write "Went to the store"
I use this purposefully to jar the reader. I have no idea what the underlying linguistic reasons are.
- rezistik 11y agoImplied pronouns, perhaps a trend from Facebook usage? On Facebook and Twitter you have an implied "I" that makes saying you did something redundant. This could transfer over to other formats of conversation.
- nitrogen 11y agoOther languages are a bit ahead of English in that regard, but their conjugations make it clear who the subject is.
- SeoxyS 11y ago> Not a linguist but a writer here who loves language. You're probably demonstrating this on purpose: your very first sentence is itself an example of dropping a pronoun + verb.