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Here re a few grammar suggestions related to your post he s should be his dammet is actually spelled dammit the idiom you used blow my head is typically rendered blow my mind good luck E Hopkins

Thank you to all those who have posted their suggestions to my little imagination game Some have taken it very seriously thinking they would have to relearn English after the changes This was meant to be just a game not for those wo take everything seriously and of course in this game everybody...

Hi Grammar Geek Thank you for your reply Like you said no one would know all the entries in the OED by heart That s why I think people should realise that their knowledge of English vocabulary is limited and the only way of giving satisfactory explanations when people ask about a word is to look...

Hi J Baker It s sometimes said that bad English is the most widely spoken language in the world That is to say most speakers of English have a relatively bad knowledge of English grammar vocabulary and idioms This is because most speakers of English have learnt English as a Second Language ESL...

It s not exactly an idiom since I just made it up on the spur of the moment based on another idiom The original idiom is cross the pond pond means the Atlantic Ocean I heard that the Jones family are going to Europe next summer Really Have they ever crossed the pond before this side and that side...

Maple wrote Not all that Mrs Bennet however with the assistance of her five daughters could ask on the subject was sufficient to draw from her husband any satisfactory description of Mr Bingley This is how I read it Not all that Mrs Bennet however with the assistance of her five daughters could...

Not all that Mrs Bennet however with the assistance of her five daughters could ask on the subject was sufficient to draw from her husband any satisfactory description of Mr Bingley This is how I read it Not all that Mrs Bennet however with the assistance of her five daughters could ask on the...

Grammar Geek wrote So to lay by is a phrasal verb meaning to store away New vocabulary for me But anyway when you have a phrasal verb like that or like look up as a word in a dictionary or write down do the prepositions act like normal prepositions or because they are inextricably linked to the...

Grammar Geek wrote To my ears B is the most natural I think because is climbing the walls or was climbing the walls is more idiomatic You don t actually climb the walls unless you re a chimpanzee I guess so the idiom means that you are distraught with worry and climbing just sounds better D...

Grammar Geek wrote But please be aware that this is not a standard idiom or expession I ve never heard it before but my understanding is similar to Alienvoord a small isolated group of very angry people Got it Thank you very much PS The sentence appeared in an important English Exam this January