Due to their hybrid nature, German adjectival participles display properties of both adjectives and verbs. In particular, their verbal behaviour is evidenced by the restricted availability of manner ...

Phrases that one generation considers improper or ungrammatical may come to be accepted by the next. Even English grammar evolves, although more slowly than pronunciation or usage.

When the coronavirus pandemic began there was an unprecedented use of the word “unprecedented” to describe events. This has been replaced by an exponential increase in the use of the word ...