>>>>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).
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>>>Change is inevitable. It's just the few of us who don't like its direction into more ambiguity, less meaning and fewer words. (no defense either)
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>>Is "elections are Tuesday" more ambiguous than "elections are on Tuesday"?
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>You tell me, you're born in this language. I'm just a curious visitor ("curious" as in "inquisitive", not in "that's curious, how did he manage to step on the rake twice"). What's "Tuesday" in the first case, a noun ("elections are chair"), an adjective ("elections are purple"), a preposition ("elections are behind xx") or what?
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>It seems to me like yet another case where there was no ambiguity before, but now the only thing dividing elections from becoming a name of a day is an indefinite article. If omitted, they are still elections held ON a certain day, if added, the elections ARE just another day of the week ("elections are a Tuesday").
I think you're reaching there. Is anyone with even the most basic understanding of English honestly going to read "elections are Tuesday" and think it means they are a day of the week?
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