2018年4月6日 · An' I ain't a dwarf fo' sho..... "Hole fas', Cesah!" an' wid dat he leap' — Nothin' mo' — Den I loss all else fo' sho. Excerpts from "Cæsar Rowan" by Thomas Dunn English, in the …

I hear both (and their negatives: "I'm not sure" and "I'm not for sure"). I want to classify the "for sure" variety as regional Southern, since that's the context I most

My impression is that . One for the money. Two for the show. Three to make ready. And four to go. (or "three to get ready" in contemporary English) is something that children say when they …

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2016年2月2日 · Would it be grammatically correct to use phrases like blatantly obvious or hugely massive in a sentence? The words themselves have different enough meanings that I would …

Learn about number agreement when using "(s)" for optional plural in English sentences.

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2014年2月14日 · @weberc2 So have I, and usually the person forwarding said argument is a disingenuous bigot trying to fudge the issue and play the victim card that the big evil …

2014年8月23日 · @WS2 In speech, very nearly always. In writing, much less so. I think what may be going on is that one just assumes that “June 1” is pronounced “June First”, or “4 July” as …

2017年1月16日 · Here are some less satisfying alternatives: First, homewrecker, which means: [informal] A person blamed for the break-up of a marriage or long-term relationship, especially …