Hello again. Sorry for the delay. I was distracted by a horrendously written online encyclopedia. But, anyway . . . "This guy is a burglar! A wrong 'un in pants in the heart of Brazil." Wrong 'un means a person of bad character

With tongue firmly in cheek, here are some rules to keep in mind when using the Queen's English: 1. Verbs has to agree with their subjects. 2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. 3. And don't start a sentence with a

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

From: http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/symbols_facts&lists/canadianisms.html loonie A dollar. The Canadian $1 coin has a loon (the bird) on one side. toonie Two dollars. The Canadian $2 coin is gold-coloured in the middle, with a

Hello again Jim, and thanks for taking the time to answer my query. The point I was making about 'School is out' is that in my mind that is the correct grammar, not incorrect - perhaps I worded it badly (oops!), and my English friends who argue

Aaron J. Dinkin infrared: Well, first question is, do other people in Australia use "fiver" to mean five dollars? As far as I know, they don't. But why not? Terms like "fiver" and "tenner" used to be common before

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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.

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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