"How are you going?" is an Australian colloquialism (although usually contracted to "how ya goin'?" or "how ya going?") It basically translates to "how are you travelling?" or "how are you

Feebs11 wrote: Yes . A recognized colloquialism (in this context) for "It would be a very good thing for you to be sorry." Hi Feebs, Thanks a lot for always helping me. I wish you good health and many years of happiness. Take care.

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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

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Hi, I'm trying to help a friend with one of her essays in linguistics. She needs to classify a large number (hundreds of thousands) of English words as, for instance, formal, informal, slang, vulgar, curse, colloquialism, abbreviation, etc.

I'm fighting a losing battle with my six-year old son ... colloquialism that migrated to written English, rather than vice versa. The weak pronunciation of "have" and the weak pronunciation of "of" are basically the same,

I'm fighting a losing battle with my six-year old son with "have" used as an auxilliary. He will say, for ... common colloquialism? Am I wrong in assuming it is a colloquialism that migrated to written English, rather than vice

Why do you regard nous as scouse? I think it an unlocalized colloquialism. Good rhyme, though. That's 'cause it's a grouse. m.