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jonplackett | 4 days ago

I’m so glad I’m not going insane. I don’t see any examples on that site that I agree are ‘one word’. Sure they’re singular concepts but so what? Are we going to have singular words to describe all adjective noun pairs now?

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kllrnohj|4 days ago

Really? none are one word? How about "of course"?

jonplackett|4 days ago

I do see your point on that one, but phrases have an origin.

Of course is like an abbreviation of something like ‘in the natural course of things’. Which has become more like just ‘yes’ over time. In the usage of ‘yes’ it’s easier to argue it could be one word.

crote|4 days ago

... which is in fact in both the OED and MW dictionaries.