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minus-squareneocamel@lemmy.studiolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoI agree. What does “on the cards” even mean?
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoI assume they meant “in the cards” as in: something that will be happening in the future.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months ago“on” predates “in” (1590s vs 1730s) and is more widely used, by a large margin until 1950, and then by a narrow margin since.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoOh that’s interesting. I’ve always heard it “in”.
I agree.
What does “on the cards” even mean?
I assume they meant “in the cards” as in: something that will be happening in the future.
“on” predates “in” (1590s vs 1730s) and is more widely used, by a large margin until 1950, and then by a narrow margin since.
Oh that’s interesting. I’ve always heard it “in”.