Timeline for Why use "of" in the phrase "delivered of a baby"?
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| Mar 9, 2015 at 2:42 | comment | added | Sven Yargs | Related question: When did a mother giving birth become the deliverer instead of the deliveree? | |
| Jul 26, 2013 at 22:37 | comment | added | Ben Lee | From a native English speaker's perspective, this sentence doesn't seem to make any sense at all to me... | |
| Jul 24, 2013 at 13:51 | history | protected | RegDwigнt | ||
| Jul 24, 2013 at 13:23 | comment | added | Matt E. Эллен | The Duchess did not deliver a baby, which is why you can't say that. The medical staff delivered it. | |
| Jul 24, 2013 at 2:40 | comment | added | Fuzzy Analysis | It's just olde English for "she delivered a baby". | |
| Jul 23, 2013 at 18:14 | comment | added | Michael Hardy | She was relieved <b>of</b> her burden. | |
| Jul 23, 2013 at 15:41 | history | edited | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
edited tags; edited title
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| Jul 23, 2013 at 15:28 | vote | accept | rytis | ||
| Jul 23, 2013 at 14:59 | comment | added | Alan B | They said the same thing at Charles's birth in 1940-something, the BBC announcement of that was replayed yesterday. So it must be traditional. | |
| Jul 23, 2013 at 14:20 | comment | added | MDMoore313 | Queen's English? | |
| Jul 23, 2013 at 12:42 | answer | added | miercoledi | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 23, 2013 at 12:27 | answer | added | Charaf | timeline score: 4 | |
| S Jul 23, 2013 at 12:02 | history | suggested | Mohit | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 23, 2013 at 11:43 | answer | added | DisgruntledGoat | timeline score: 24 | |
| Jul 23, 2013 at 11:27 | answer | added | jdm | timeline score: 22 | |
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| Jul 23, 2013 at 9:12 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/359601822886936576 | ||
| Jul 23, 2013 at 8:50 | answer | added | Andrew Leach♦ | timeline score: 47 | |
| S Jul 23, 2013 at 8:38 | history | suggested | Mari-Lou A | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
formatting, fixed grammar, added appropriate tags
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| Jul 23, 2013 at 8:32 | answer | added | John M. Landsberg | timeline score: 6 | |
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| Jul 23, 2013 at 7:44 | answer | added | Noah | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 23, 2013 at 7:43 | comment | added | malhal | Buckingham Palace, it was on the easel. | |
| Jul 23, 2013 at 7:37 | comment | added | Noah | That's the way Royal English was spoken in the past. So it's more or less an imitation of that. | |
| Jul 23, 2013 at 7:35 | history | asked | rytis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |