Answer by matan-matika for 'Ago' and 'on' vs. 'in'
I tend to favor a modified ellipsis analysis, with a few added in observations.The "prepositional phrase" analysis for phrases like "a month in" tends to hold up well, because you can replace whole PPs...
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Commiting to the etymological fallacy I suppose this is a remnant of the plural accusative inflection *mēnōþunz (cf wiktionary's inflection table.I would have expcted ablative, but accusative matches...
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Consider the phrase a month in in the following sentences:[1] a. Richmond turned nineteen his third week in Vietnam. A̲l̲m̲o̲s̲t̲ ̲a̲ ̲m̲o̲n̲t̲h̲ ̲i̲n̲, he was still looking for anything he...
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