In 1955, a McDonald’s hamburger cost fifteen cents, and for a dime, you could add fries. That was before anybody thought of supersizing.
In 1970, a dozen eggs cost .62, and a gallon of milk was 1.15. The price of just about everything seems to have been going up forever—except for language.
The numbers found in our words have never gone up. What would our sentences sound like if they did?
