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  1. Ergative Absolutive @[email protected] ·

    I'm reading a student paper where the expression 'at the behest of' is used repeatedly to mean 'at the expense of', and it's getting on my nerves.

    #whinging #prescriptivism #wordsMeanThingsDammit #butImALinguistTho #EVEN_SO!!!

    #whinging #prescriptivism #wordsmeanthingsdammit #butimalinguisttho #even_so
  2. Ergative Absolutive @[email protected] ·

    I'm reading a student paper where the expression 'at the behest of' is used repeatedly to mean 'at the expense of', and it's getting on my nerves.

    #whinging #prescriptivism #wordsMeanThingsDammit #butImALinguistTho #EVEN_SO!!!

    #whinging #prescriptivism #wordsmeanthingsdammit #butimalinguisttho #even_so
  3. Ergative Absolutive @[email protected] ·

    I'm reading a student paper where the expression 'at the behest of' is used repeatedly to mean 'at the expense of', and it's getting on my nerves.

    #whinging #prescriptivism #wordsMeanThingsDammit #butImALinguistTho #EVEN_SO!!!

    #whinging #prescriptivism #wordsmeanthingsdammit #butimalinguisttho #even_so
  4. Ergative Absolutive @[email protected] ·

    I'm reading a student paper where the expression 'at the behest of' is used repeatedly to mean 'at the expense of', and it's getting on my nerves.

    #whinging #prescriptivism #wordsMeanThingsDammit #butImALinguistTho #EVEN_SO!!!

    #even_so #butimalinguisttho #wordsmeanthingsdammit #prescriptivism #whinging
  5. Ergative Absolutive @[email protected] ·

    I'm reading a student paper where the expression 'at the behest of' is used repeatedly to mean 'at the expense of', and it's getting on my nerves.

    #whinging #prescriptivism #wordsMeanThingsDammit #butImALinguistTho #EVEN_SO!!!

    #whinging #prescriptivism #wordsmeanthingsdammit #butimalinguisttho #even_so