Hello, I am interested in international finance and overall business. I think that you would benefit from conversing with me because I am absolutely frank. I would be able to give you an oppurtunity to get used to American English

Hello. I was extremely surprised to find that there are others who are as bothered by this increasingly popular phrase as I am. The only reason that I created an account on this forum was to reply to this post. I have noticed

I'm sorry Savvy but I don't see what's wrong with 'fouled up' . Same for 'shirker' . My dictionary says they are both 'colloquialisms' but doesn't mention they'd be considered 'slang'. Waïti.

You don't care about grammar & colloquial expressions? Is this in dialog only? If the so-called bad grammar doesn't affect the clarity and meaning of the written work, I don't care. And not just dialogue. 'Cause that ain't

Writers, like all people, differ from one another in their priorities. An actor approached me and nervously asked about the ... trademarks aren't sacritificed. This is my stance. It is not more correct than those of other writers, nor more

Hey guys, I'm Indian, and have been told that i speak English better than my native language. Which is no credit, but it's very true all the same. I read like crazy. Nowadays i am into Harry Potter Fan fiction, which has really helped me

Here is an interesting comment, Hanuman: ON TO -- upon; on; to; -- sometimes written as one word, onto , and usually called a colloquialism; but it may be regarded in analogy with into .

And now, for my last humongous post! The Michigan Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (ECPE) is put out by the University of Michigan English Language Institute (UM-ELI), the oldest and most respectable organization of its

Hope somebody can help me. What means: 'Cause I'm just a girl, little ol' me Don't let me out of your sight' What means 'little ol' me'? Come from germany, so that' why. Thanks for your help. "Little old

In some contexts, I like to think of 'so' as the opposite of 'not'. "Build a house? I did so. Build a castle , no, I did not." It seems to me, as a foreigner, that some Americans replace 'so' with 'too' in this context: "I did