I know a little bit about the subject but not enough to figure why Blake uses the definite article in the hellish proverb “Expect poison from the standing water.” (Neither can others, which is why “Expect poison from standing water” gits almost as many ghits (currently 400:382 in favour of literal accuracy).
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Standing first shows up in the CREA corpus in 1976 in its normal Spanish usage (apartamentos de elevado standing, later appearances - Mother of all abominations
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If you believe crap like the stat in this post we’ll have you certified.
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