- Is Many thanks a proper usage? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I saw emails from English people with Many Thanks as a signing off phrase Is that proper usage? Or is it a phrase created by continental English speakers due to the influence of their native langu
- grammaticality - Whether or not vs. whether - English Language . . .
As Henry Higgins observed in Pygmallion, the best grammarians are often those who learned English in school as immigrants My parents, who were first-generation Americans in the early 20th century, learned English grammar in NYC public schools meticulously They insisted "whether or not" is proper usage, period Over time, language evolves or erodes and the rules change, which really means
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