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 redseasnorkel

link 20.11.2013 14:51 
Subject: English Has a New Preposition gen.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/11/english-has-a-new-preposition-because-internet/281601/

Linguists are recognizing the delightful evolution of the word "because."

 Rami88

link 20.11.2013 14:57 
Because gladiolus.

 techy1

link 20.11.2013 19:55 
The construction is more versatile than “because+noun” suggests.
Prepositional because can be yoked to verbs (Can’t talk now because cooking), adjectives (making up examples because lazy), ...

интересно.
исходное "because+noun" почему-то почти не встречается в округе
зато последние два - вполне себе да

 

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