Friday, July 13, 2018

New Word Order (Didja ever notice?)

 You can listen to media accounts and reports and chances are you will not hear the word "before."  Another perfectly good and succinct in meaning vocabulary word has succumbed to media trendiness. Just as the word "yes" pretty much disappeared as an answer to any question, being replaced by full sentences:
"I was. I did . I will. I have." 
   Currently you are much more likely to not hear the word "Before" in any construct.  The in-terminology is "Ahead of":
    Trump will not address the investigation ahead of his meeting with Putin. 
    I will not answer your question of what might occur if Plan A is followed ahead of Plan A's actually occurring.
     "Ahead of " may have been popularized and so largely attributable to Sarah Sanders as she has used the term approximately a million times to deflect answers from the press, but the term has morphed into general use.  People seem to tire of basic vocabulary terms and look to the media for a change.  I could comment more on the subject but I don't want to get ahead of myself.

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