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

Donna Richoux redled: If you must have a parallel to "I could care ... mild sarcasm? (Or, from a missing "like" or "as if.") Donna, are you claiming that there are people who say "I could give a damn" when they

I'm not sure this is actually directly an issue of ... grammatically correct English but never say "please" and "thank you". But would it still be proper English? I think that there is more to speaking a language than just

In the movie "Once Upon A Time In America", there's ... no difference". (On the other hand, I'm no literary genious.) That screenplay could have used a literary genius. Even a mere literary intellect. Heck, the input of a

In the movie "Once Upon A Time In America", there's a scene in the back of a pub in which ... it been said in a Swedish conversation, a nit-picker would pick on it. Would that happen in English as well? It's a colloquialism not