Semantic shift is the change in meaning that occurs in many words
Semantic shift is the change in meaning that occurs in many words or certain subsenses: widening; narrowing; metaphorical widening ...
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Semantic drift: are the words "can", "could", etc becoming contranyms?
There have been questions on ELU about the pronunciation of can and can't in American English. This question is about the usage of the word, not simply its pronunciation.
Here are a couple of examples found on google:
"Can help but to revert ..."; …
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