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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3694761, member: 289"]
"Fast becoming" triggered a flash from the past.

Years ago I was watching the lead-in for a college basketball game. The play-by-play guy asked the color man about a particular player. This was his reply, complete with a wide, Pepsodent smile:

"Many experts think that he's fast becoming one of the most under-rated players in the league!"

They went to a commercial, allowing me to think about this statement.

"Many experts" - We don't know how many. Is it even a majority?
"Many experts think" - I would hope so. But they just think it. They don't know it.
"Many experts think that he is fast becoming" - He's not there yet. we don't know if he will get there. 
"Many experts think that he is fast becoming one of the most" - Even if he gets there, he won't be at the top of the heap.
"Many experts think that he is fast becoming one of the most under-rated" - How do you become under-rated? Well, first you have to convince people that you aren't very good. Then you have to improve so that many experts think you aren't as bad as they thought you were. Which stage of this procedure is he in at this point?

So what Mr. Pepsodent was telling me was that a lot of people think this guy might someday no longer be as bad as some people once thought he was and I should stay turned to see if they were right.

I decided to watch something else.
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