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[stevenukd]

Dear Teachers,

1. A: Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?
B: Go ahead buddy, anything.
- Can I say "sure", "sure thing", "shoot", "fire away" instead of "Go ahead"?

2. That�s it. I don�t wanna hear any of your crap anymore.
- �your crap� here means �absurd stories�, right? And it�s very rude to say, right?

Thanks a lot to Teachers,

Stevenukd

[CP]

1. Yes.

2. It is both rude and crude. "Crap" is another word for excrement. Calling what someone says "crap" is calling it excrement.
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[redset]

'Shoot' and 'fire away' are only really used when someone wants to say something or ask a question - so you're correct here, but you can't use them instead of 'go ahead' in any situation, in case you didn't know