I’m sorry but I disagree. It’s very common to say ‘I fly American/United/Lufthansa/El Al’ and so on. The meaning of such expressions is widely understood. The word ‘American’ is functioning as a noun here. Even when used in a

Hi cwtch. I'm not convinced it's as simple as you say, nor am I convinced it's not. To me ones is the plural of one the noun. Look at that stack of ones on the table; that must be a thousand dollars. This seems like the one legitimate

Look in your dictionary for meanings. Dictate often takes a direct object noun clause beginning with "what." That is more common than a prepositional phrase beginning with "on." Here are some examples from COCA . The pope

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/living/9347623.htm Using the comma correctly is often a matter of tempo Not long ago I ended one of my scholarly dissertations with an admonitory word: "Let us think upon these things, and go in

See another thread for my comments on this subject. One can always find BrE speakers ready to ascribe any unwelcome or innovative language change to "Americanism". They are often mistaken, of course. Not all of us. I am quite aware that

The following are representative: O! I could divide myself and ... First Part of King Henry the Fourth. (1914 Oxford ED.) I think, with OED1, that this (1596) is probably the true text; but we must note that the Folio ... milk'; OED's next

Great thread: what I like best about AUE. I'm aware that I haven't snipped very well in what follows: apologies. As I said in the older thread, I'm attracted to the idea, but the evidence doesn't seem to be complete, so here are

I've found further evidence to support my hypothesis that "skim milk" and "skim-milk" are older forms than "skimmed milk". These data (while hardly conclusive) also tentatively support two related hypotheses: a)

(Restored important: {a = article}) None of these examples is German. "Ausschimpfen" is transitive. You cannot use it without a direct object. But there *is* a direct object (= accusative) in every sentence. Didn't you notice or

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