Hi, Could you tell me which sentences sound o.k. to a native speaker? 1.1. He took a two week vacation. 1.2. He took two weeks' vacation. 2.1. It is a two minute drive from work. 2.2. It is two minutes' drive from work. 3.1. I went

A workaholic? PS: your sentence should read "one who gets addicted to whatever he does"

Is it supposed to evoke the violence, the quickness, the sure thing, the ostentation, all of the above? It's supposed to evoke the quickness. It was uttered by Al Bundy from Married with Children. You must've watched it and you probably

I can't seem to relate the verb usage to the noun usage. Somebody educate me. What part of the shot are we evoking? I can't make it work. I don't think it measures up to U/D's standards. Are we talking about a rape here? The player

Hi, Could you tell me if the following sentence sounds idiomatic from a native speaker's viewpoint? "I need to slam-dunk her a quick one" I think I heard a sentence akin to that one, but I'm having doubts as to its correctness.

[]Your definition also applies to an agnostic. "a thinker who disclaims any knowledge of God" (AmHtg) Doesn't an atheist believe that there is no god? Stephen Colbert said that agnostics are just atheists without balls.

Hi, And now for a slightly crazy example Could you tell me if the following sentence sounds natural from a native speaker's standpoint? I wish you would rot in hell Thanks!

Thanks, Avangi! I hear you loud and clear on this one

Hi, I am curious if I can use the word "do" as a substitute for the main verb in the following way: 1. The guy in the first row swindled me out of a load of money, as he did his other victims. 2. Not only does it protect

Definitely, the first one is correct It can't get any worse than this or It can't get any better than this The grammar behind this is that you need the comparative form of the word "bad" - "worse".