ElizaMarabyan May 17 2020 at 19:02

8 amazing new trends in the English language

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jooher May 23 2020 at 10:12

Many of the "tendencies" mentioned are not tendencies at all, but normal figures being in use for decades.
And here are my 50 cents from my communication with British partners:

Excessive use of 'in a position' predicate, e.g:
"Will you be in a position to be able to ship our order this week?"
Deliberate use of "-ish" suffix:
"How many items do you have in a go now-ish state?"

ElizaMarabyan May 23 2020 at 14:07

Thanks for your additions. What I meant by the word 'tendencies' is that it's common now to frequently use words with the suffix -ize / -ify, etc. These words are becoming 'buzzwords', e. g. to synergize, maximize, etc.

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