I am not convinced that it is behaving as a different part of speech, though. I perceive this more as a deletion effect, omitting the preposition previously used with it: "I'm late because of the internet" --> "I'm late because internet." It doesn't work the other way, keeping the preposition: *"I'm late of the internet."
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I am not convinced that it is behaving as a different part of speech, though. I perceive this more as a deletion effect, omitting the preposition previously used with it: "I'm late because of the internet" --> "I'm late because internet." It doesn't work the other way, keeping the preposition: *"I'm late of the internet."
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November 20 2013, 12:50:37 UTC 7 years ago
The last paragraph has a good point:
But it also conveys a certain universality. When I say, for example, "The talks broke down because politics," I'm not just describing a circumstance. I'm also describing a category. I'm making grand and yet ironized claims, announcing a situation and commenting on that situation at the same time. I'm offering an explanation and rolling my eyes—and I'm able to do it with one little word. Because variety. Because Internet. Because language.
Here 'because politics' could be short for 'because politics is like that'.
Or the last one, 'Because language does things like that.'
Yes...
November 23 2013, 08:21:31 UTC 7 years ago