I think this is a good place, and time (maybe too late in the day, though) to get thoughts on something I’ve wondered lately: Are people getting lazy, or is the language just evolving when they/we, say, “a whole ‘nother…” It is really putting the word “whole” in the middle of “another”. I appreciate the living language, but should this be considered “standard” or “non-standard”?
I think this is a good place, and time (maybe too late in the day, though) to get thoughts on something I’ve wondered lately: Are people getting lazy, or is the language just evolving when they/we, say, “a whole ‘nother…” It is really putting the word “whole” in the middle of “another”. I appreciate the living language, but should this be considered “standard” or “non-standard”?