Hi B.J! I think the underlined phrase stands for, in the first sentence They were supposed to deliver the flowers. or They should have delivered the flowers, in the second: "This screw should fit into the hole... . I think it is shortened in

Hi, everyone. Today when I was reading an article on anti-plagiarism software, I came across the structure of "a ... amount of + the plural form of a countable noun". The whole paragraph in which the structure appears goes as follows:

If you are speaking Colloquial, Idiomatic American English you will NEVER say, "Put your money IN where your mouth is." the colloquialism is "Put your money where your mouth is," or "Put up or shut up," "ante up

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

A bit late. Sorry. Sean O'Leathlobhair wrote on 14 Jul 2004: I have never heard a native say: "I can't drive ... that is because of the "on me" at the end. It's quite common in the lower registers of AmE. It may not be

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

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It's a contraction that's common in speech, but seldom is taught in writing so that people without a good ear ... of a colloquialism (when children learn "of" that may be what they construct internally as well as what they

It's a contraction that's common in speech, but seldom is taught in writing so that people without a good ear assume must be written "of" instead of "'ve" to show the contracted form of "have." Must have