oldfartjmb says eh? on Nostr: Language evolves. I know that and accept that. But I find myself as I read sometimes ...

Language evolves. I know that and accept that. But I find myself as I read sometimes running into what are for me odd usages.

I read this:

"Few had ever stepped foot on the island."

Stepped foot. My mind tried really hard to read set foot. I have never heard stepped foot used. Is that a language evolution or is that somebody's screw up? What say you, oh great experts?

The quote is from Fractured Empire by A. K. Duboff