Timeline for ‘If you are not looking’ vs ‘if not looking’
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| May 14 at 15:26 | comment | added | Paul Tanenbaum | I’d add that such clipped syntax is often described as telegraphic. The term dates from the days when telegrams were an important means of communication. The cost of sending telegrams was usually charged by the word (or even character), so words that were not essential to a recipient’s figuring out the meaning were typically omitted. | |
| May 14 at 6:48 | history | answered | Seowjooheng Singapore | CC BY-SA 4.0 |