| 词组 | old-fashion, old-fashioned |
| 释义 | old-fashion, old-fashioned Copperud 1964 considers old-fashion an error for old-fashioned. A more objective view would be that it is an extremely rare variant. Both terms were first recorded in the 17th century, and both have been used by reputable writers, but old-fashioned seems always to have been far more common than old-fashion. In current English, old-fashioned is the usual, almost invariable choice. Most of the little recent evidence we have for old-fashion is from advertisements, in which it may have been chosen for its somewhat archaic quality or it may be a pronunciation spelling. The current tendency seems to be to spell it as two words: • OLD FASHION CANDIES —label, Arlington Candy Co., ca. 1961 • THE GOOD OLD FASHION KIND —advt., Early American Life, August 1980 |
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