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    As English evolves, I’m increasingly stumped

    by Robert Klose Feb 08, 2023 2 minutes

    The classic 1951 science fiction film “The Day the Earth Stood Still” features an indestructible robot (Gort) whose threatening actions are tamed only when an earthling is told – by a sympathetic alien – to command it, “.” What does this mean? I don’t know. But when I overhear my students speaking to each other, I am often similarly stymied.

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