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13-11-2017, 12:40 AM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:

Frightfully old-fashioned! How 'quite', 'rather' and 'fairly' are on their way out of the English language

Gradable adverbs have seen a steep decline since the 1990s, research shows
Britons are increasingly copying the type of language used by Americans
Academic research shows Britons using more direct and to the point language
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Research confirming American English is overtaking English English (https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/research-confirming-american-english-is-overtaking-english-english.248119/)

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