New use of old word

[Alan]

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Hi,

Let me share with you a usage I heard on the radio this morning of the word 'eventually'. The interviewee was talking about the likelihood or not of a country joining a political alliance and he said: This country was already going to be an eventually joiner - in fact a very eventually joiner. Now usually 'eventually' is an adverb suggesting 'in the end' or 'with the passage of time'. But in this use it is being used as an adjective suggesting at some time in the future and then being qualified with 'very' indicating that the prospect of it becoming a joiner being much further into the future.

Please read my essay A rhapsody of words.

Thank you
Alan

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[Yankee]

You seem to be able to get all interested and enthusiastic about unusual usages of words as long as it happens in Britain. Yet you can't quite manage to accept common usages in American English that differ from your British usage.
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No dirty tricks, Alan. Simply stating what's there to see.
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[Torsten]

Hi Alan,

This reminds me of your Rhapsody of Words in which you describe how a new word finds its entry into the dictionary. The use of "eventually" you mention sounds very similar to the German "eventuell".

Regards,
Torsten
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[Alan]

Hi,

[Yankee]

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Can't quite come to grips with the fact that there is a lot you don't know about standard usage in American English, eh?
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[Torsten]

Hi Amy,

Fortunately you can tell us everything about standard usage in American English.
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[Najuib]

hi . in fact every time you suprise me by new words , but in thes time you have taken old words form roots language & i realy first time ihave seen these new words
iam intersting with new word but i have to foucs on basic first then i will find time for myself to learn more
thank you in advance

[Michauek]

It's quite interesting for me right now. I've started looking for some non-standard usage of words recently. I see your point, Alan.
But do you perceive this usage of 'eventually' as a grammatical error? (yea, basically it is. The word should not function as an adjective). Maybe it was just a slip of the tongue that the speaker made? If it was not, then if it's not grammatically correct, maybe it can be accepted in terms of some common approval to make the language more fluent or just 'combinatory'? Do you see it this way? Could it be useful in this way?
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