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word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Which is the correct way to tell someone that I have errands to run? Are all of these fine to say in person and in an email? I got some errands to run or is it I have errands to run or I nee
Exact meaning of You must be kidding? The phrase "got to be joking" (not included in the above Ngram graph), by the way, seems to be less common than any of the four phrases in this Ngram graph—between half and two-thirds as common as "must be kidding" and "gotta be kidding" in the period between 2000 and 2007
american english - Why does to dip mean to leave? - English . . . Do you, as we do, use the verb duck to mean lower oneself (particularly) the head quickly - often to avoid something? It is also used with water - to duck (one's head) under But by extension we talk about ducking out of something e g an awkward meeting with someone
When quoting someone, is it proper to change gotta to got to . . . If "gotta" is equivalent to "got to," and "gonna" is equivalent to "going to," adjusting the spelling is allowed, but further alteration for grammar ("have got to" instead of "got to") isn't Meanwhile, if gotta is important to capture the "tone or sense of place," use it unchanged
etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I'm curious what is the exact meaning usage of this phrase idiom? The OED has colloq [uial] to see a man (about a dog, horse, etc ) and variants: used euphemistically as a vague excuse for leaving, (a) to keep an undisclosed appointment; (b) to go to buy alcoholic drink; (c) to go to the toilet and that’s about right In the usage I’ve seen in the US and English-language media, I would
Which is correct: another think coming or another thing coming? The full phrase is if you think x, you've got another think coming Wiktionary notes on usage: This expression is used as a rebuke, often in constructions similar to "If X thinks that Y, he she has another think coming!" Sometimes the word got is included, in the familiar constructions has got and have got, as " (someone)'s got another think coming", "they've you've got another think coming
“kinda”, “sorta”, “coulda”, “shoulda”, “lotta”, “oughta”, “betcha . . . Wikipedia Gonna, gotta and wanna are not contractions Contractions are shortenings like aren’t and can’t The missing letters have been replaced by an apostrophe, and the original words are discernible in the contraction Contractions are acceptable in all but the most formal writing Here are a few standard contractions: aren’t = are
What is the proper usage of the phrase due diligence? A lawyer referring to the process of investigating a potential merger investment might say: We need to perform due diligence There is also business buzzword of "due diligence", derived from the legal meaning to mean the level of care attention that one would reasonably be expected to take in this situation In my (American) experience, this is commonly used in the business world as an idiom