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, 14:39:46 UTC 7 years ago
It's cool to actually pay attention and see the language evolve. Yes, some people would say "you're so weird", but that's how we roll. And I think in large part because, Internet. :D