Had better is a solid expression which used to give advice You had better leave now, otherwise we are late on the bus. (If we don't hurry, we will be late). You had better check e-mail or you can miss the job you want. John'd better shut

Straw man: "phone" and "cab" are not abbreviations; they are words. Or would you write "taxi."? By saying "I wonder if anyone *ever* wrote" I made the statement a historical reference. "Phone" was

Tony, Have you "lost track" of my questions in the post you were replying to while you were replying lol? So, when you tell me that I can determine the ... an apostrophe "s".) and expecting that I care that much. Previously you

Or, more commonly, "zounds". AHD4 lists "'sblood", from "God's blood", ... had thought that they were supposed to be Jesus's hands. For a Christian, unless he is an Arianist (aka Unitarian), Jesus *is*

Greetings. Does the Jewish practice of writing "G-d" instead of "God" extend to the names of people who happen to share God's name? For example, say there is some foreign language where "God" is a common first or

That point can be tested by reference to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary of English Usage ( MWDEU ), where the Merriam-Webster editors discuss "anytime" with no pejorative hint. What then, do you make of the fact that some ... it if they

... } I believe we were being vouchsafed two items of informationm as in } "He is tall and thin. ... have been unremarkable. It wasn't any of those three unremarkable phrasings. The FAQ rule is: Conjunctions don't pry contractions

... } I believe we were being vouchsafed two items of informationm as in } "He is tall and thin. Whatever we're discussing (talk about losing } the thread!), it (1) is pompous and (2)serves no purpose. Two } different things. ... Would

} ... }> } }> }>}>} it's pompous and serves no purpose. }> }>}> }> }>}> Oy! }> }> It's a classic error of parallel } } Only if you choose to group it as "it's {pompous and serves no

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