>>>Or where. That's where I'd likely want to be - though not at the centre itself, maybe a little to the side.
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>>Of course, yes! Where is my English head today? far less stunted.
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>>BTW, are you acquainted with the words, somewhat antiquated nowadays, unfortunately: whither-hither-thither (to where, to here, to there), whence-hence-thence (from where/when, from here/now, from there/then)
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>>"Whence" is the only one you may hear occasionally, but people wrongly say "Send him back to the place from whence he came", which is saying "Send him back to the place from from where he came"
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>Now these are all perfectly usable and good words - how could they be left to rust like that? It seems that most of the rants about English language can be blamed on language democracy, i.e. the language falling into hands of those who wouldn't be bothered to maintain it.


Oh, I disagree. The English language has been changing and evolving for hundreds of years. It's only fussbudgets who want it to remain exactly the same. (No offense).